John 3:21-31

21but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in 1God.

22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he abode with them and baptised.

23And John also was baptising in Aenon, near Salim, because there was a great deal of water there; and they came to [him] and were baptised:

24for John was not yet cast into prison.

25There was therefore a reasoning of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.

26And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, he baptises, and all come to him.

27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it be given him out of heaven.

28Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

29He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

30He must increase, but I must decrease.

31He who comes from above is above all. He who has his origin in the earth is of the earth, and speaks [as] of the earth. He who comes out of heaven is above all,