John [Yah is gracious] 3:23-32

²³John Yah is gracious also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.

²⁴For John Yah is gracious was not yet thrown into prison.

²⁵There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John Yah is gracious’s disciples with some Jews Praisers about purification.

²⁶They came to John Yah is gracious, and said to him, “Rabbi ·Teacher·, he who was with you beyond the Jordan Descender, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him.”

²⁷John Yah is gracious answered, “A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.

²⁸You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah Anointed one,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’

²⁹He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.

³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease.

³¹He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

³²What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.