John 3:25-30

²⁵Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a fellow Jew on the subject of purification;

²⁶and the disciples came to John and said, “Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony — he, also, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him.”

²⁷John's answer was — “A person can gain nothing but what is given them from heaven.

²⁸You are yourselves witnesses that I said ‘I am not the Christ,’ but ‘I have been sent before him as a messenger.’

²⁹It is the groom who has the bride; but the groom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the groom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full.

³⁰He must become greater, and I less.”