John 3:23-30

²³And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim; because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.

²⁴For John was not yet cast into prison.

²⁵And there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews concerning purification:

²⁶And they came to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, behold he baptizeth, and all men come to him.

²⁷John answered, and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven.

²⁸You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.

²⁹He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom’s voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled.

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.