John 3:25-30

²⁵Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews, about purifying.

²⁶And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou didst bear testimony, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

²⁷John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.

²⁸Ye yourselves bear me testimony, that I said I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

²⁹He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly, because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.