27John answered and said: “A person can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.
28You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’
29He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and hears him, has great joy at the bridegroom's voice. So this my joy has been fulfilled.
30He must increase, but I must decrease.
31“He who comes from Above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.
32And to what He has seen and heard He testifies, yet no one receives His testimony.
John 3
John 3:27-32