27John replied, “A person can become important only if God MTY permits it. So we should not be jealous about Jesus being popular!
28You yourselves can verify what I said. I told you that I am not ◄the Messiah/God's promised king►. Instead, I told you that I was sent {that God sent me} to prepare the way for him.
29Let me illustrate MET: He is like a ◄ bridegroom/man who is being married►, and I am like his friend. The friend of the bridegroom stands there and waits for him to come. That friend is very happy when he hears the bridegroom's voice when he arrives. Similarly, I am very happy about what you have told me.
30It is necessary for Jesus to become more important by making more disciples than I have, and for me to become less important.”
31Jesus came from heaven. He is more important than anyone else. Those who are born from parents here on earth MTY are just humans, and they speak about things that happen here on the earth. But since Jesus came from heaven, his words are more important than anyone else's.
32He tells people what he has seen and what he heard in heaven, but very few people HYP listen to what he says.