John 3:24-35

²⁴And Joon was not yit sent in to prisoun.

²⁵Therfor a questioun was maad of Jonys disciplis with the Jewis, of the purificacioun.

²⁶And thei camen to Joon, and seiden `to hym, Maister, he that was with thee biyonde Jordan, to whom thou hast borun witnessyng, lo! he baptisith, and alle men comen to hym.

²⁷Joon answerde, and seide, A man may not take ony thing, but it be youun to hym fro heuene.

²⁸Ye you silf beren witnessyng to me, that Y seide, Y am not Crist, but that Y am sent bifore hym.

²⁹He that hath a wijf, is the hosebonde; but the freend of the spouse that stondith, and herith hym, ioieth with ioye, for the vois of the spouse. Therfor in this thing my ioye is fulfillid.

³⁰It bihoueth hym to wexe, but me to be maad lesse.

³¹He that cam from aboue, is aboue alle; he that is of the erthe, spekith of the erthe; he that cometh from heuene, is aboue alle.

³²And he witnessith that thing that he hath seie, and herde, and no man takith his witnessing.

³³But he that takith his witnessyng, hath confermyd that God is sothefast.

³⁴But he whom God hath sent, spekith the wordis of God; for not to mesure God yyueth the spirit.

³⁵The fadir loueth the sone, and he hath youun alle thingis in his hoond.