23. Yochanan also was immersing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were immersed;
24. for Yochanan was not yet thrown into prison.
25. Therefore a dispute arose on the part of Yochanan’s disciples with some Judeans about purification.
26. They came to Yochanan and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same immerses, and everyone is coming to him.”
27. Yochanan answered, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
28. You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
29. He 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.
30. He must increase, but I must decrease.
31. He 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.
32. What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
33. He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true.