John 3:24-36

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;

²⁸ye yourselves do testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am having been sent before him;

²⁹he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.

³⁰'Him it behoveth to increase, and me to become less;

³¹he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.

³²'And what he hath seen and heard this he doth testify, and his testimony none receiveth;

³³he who is receiving his testimony did seal that God is true;

³⁴for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;

³⁵the Father doth love the Son, and all things hath given into his hand;

³⁶he who is believing in the Son, hath life age-during; and he who is not believing the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God doth remain upon him.'