John 3:22-30

21st Century King James Version

²² After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He tarried with them, and baptized.

²³ And John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized,

²⁴ for John had not yet been cast into prison.

²⁵ Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.

²⁶ And they came unto John and said unto him, “Rabbi, He that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou bearest witness — behold, the same baptizeth and all men come to Him.”

²⁷ John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing, unless it be 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, who 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.