John [Yah is gracious] 3:24-28

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.’