26. And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you bore witness—look, he is baptizing, and all are going to him.”
27. John answered, “A person cannot receive even one thing unless it is given him from heaven.
28. You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.’
29. The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.
30. He must increase, but I must decrease.”
31. He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.