John 3:24-27

²⁴for John was not yet cast into the prison —

²⁵there arose then a question from the disciples of John with some Jews about purifying,

²⁶and they came unto John, and said to him, 'Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

²⁷John answered and said, 'A man is not able to receive anything, if it may not have been given him from the heaven;