John 3:25-30

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.