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.
30He must become greater, and I less.”
31He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from heaven is above all others.
John 3
John 3:23-31