John 3:25-32

²⁵Therefore a question was made of John’s disciples with the Jews, of the purification, or cleansing.

²⁶And they came to John, and said to him, Master or Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond or over Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witnessing, lo! he baptizeth, and all men come to him.

²⁷John answered, and said, A man may not take anything, but it be given to him from heaven.

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

²⁹He that hath a wife, is the husband or the spouse; but the friend of the spouse that standeth, and heareth him, joyeth with joy, for the voice of the spouse. Therefore in this thing my joy is fulfilled.

³⁰It behooveth him to wax, but me to be made less or to be diminished.

³¹He that came from above, is above all; he that is of the earth, speaketh of the earth; he that cometh from heaven, is above all.

³²And he witnesseth that thing that he hath seen, and heard, and no man taketh his witnessing.