21but the person who lives by the truth comes into the light, so it can be clearly seen that God is in all they do.
22After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized.
23John, also, was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptized.
24(For John had not yet been imprisoned).
25Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a fellow Jew on the subject of purification;
26and the disciples came to John and said, “Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony — he, also, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him.”
27John's answer was — “A person can gain nothing but what is given them from heaven.
28You are yourselves witnesses that I said ‘I am not the Christ,’ but ‘I have been sent before him as a messenger.’
29It is the groom who has the bride; but the groom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the groom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full.
John 3
John 3:21-29