22After these things, Yeshua came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them and immersed.
23Yochanan also was immersing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came and were immersed;
24for Yochanan was not yet thrown into prison.
25Therefore a dispute arose on the part of Yochanan’s disciples with some Judeans about purification.
26They came to Yochanan and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, he immerses, and everyone is coming to him.”
27Yochanan 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,’ 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. Therefore my joy is made full.
30He must increase, but I must decrease.
Yochanan 3
Yochanan 3:22-30