New American Standard Bible 2020

John 3:22-30

22After these things Jesus and His 1disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and 2baptizing. 23Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized-- 24for 3John had not yet been thrown into prison.

25Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about 4 5purification. 26And they came to John and said to him, “6Rabbi, He who was with you 7beyond the Jordan, to whom you 8have testified--behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.” 27John replied, “9A person can receive not even one thing unless it 10has been given to him from heaven. 28You yourselves 11are my witnesses that I said, ‘12I am not the 13Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ 29He who has the bride is 14the groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this 15joy of mine has been made full. 30He must 16increase, but I must 17decrease.

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Notes

1. John 3:22 John 2:2 ↩
2. John 3:22 John 4:1, 2 ↩
3. John 3:24 Matt 4:12; 14:3; Mark 6:17; Luke 3:20 ↩
4. John 3:25 I.e., ceremonial washing ↩
5. John 3:25 John 2:6 ↩
6. John 3:26 Matt 23:7; John 3:2 ↩
7. John 3:26 John 1:28 ↩
8. John 3:26 John 1:7 ↩
9. John 3:27 1 Cor 4:7; Heb 5:4 ↩
10. John 3:27 James 1:17 ↩
11. John 3:28 Lit testify for me ↩
12. John 3:28 John 1:20, 23 ↩
13. John 3:28 I.e., Messiah ↩
14. John 3:29 Matt 9:15; 25:1 ↩
15. John 3:29 John 15:11; 16:24; 17:13; Phil 2:2; 1 John 1:4; 2 John 12 ↩
16. John 3:30 Or become greater ↩
17. John 3:30 Or become less important ↩

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