23Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salem, because there was plenty of water there. And people were coming and being baptized;
24for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
25Then some of John's disciples had an argument with a Judean about purification.
26So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the One who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you have testified—well, here He is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to Him!”
27John answered and said: “A person can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.
28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’
29He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and hears him, has great joy at the bridegroom's voice. So this my joy has been fulfilled.
30He must increase, but I must decrease.
31“He 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 to what He has seen and heard He testifies, yet no one receives His testimony.
33The one who receives His testimony certifies that God is true.
34For He whom God sent speaks God's words, because God does not give the Spirit by measure.
35The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
John 3
John 3:23-35