John 3:20-36

²⁰For everyone that does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works be exposed.

²¹But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in God.”

²²After these things Jesus, along with His disciples, came into the land of Judea, and there He was staying with them and He was baptizing.

²³Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salem, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.

²⁴(For John was not yet cast into prison).

²⁵Then there came to be a dispute between John's disciples and a Jew about purification.

²⁶And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, this Man is baptizing, and all men are coming to Him!”

²⁷John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

²⁸You yourselves bear witness that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,’ but, ‘I have been sent before Him.’

²⁹He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. Therefore my joy has been fulfilled.

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.

³¹He who comes from above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

³²And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

³³He who receives His testimony has certified that God is true.

³⁴For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

³⁵The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.

³⁶He who believes in the Son has eternal life; and he who does not believe the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”