27. John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
28. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
29. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
30. He must increase, but I must decrease.
31. He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
32. What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness.
33. He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this, that God is true.