John 3:22-36 - Additional Testimony By John The Baptist About Jesus
22 After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the country parts of Judea; and there he stayed with them, and baptized. 23 John, also, was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there were many streams there; and people were constantly coming and being baptized. 24 (For John had not yet been imprisoned).
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew on the subject of 'purification;' 26 And the disciples came to John and said: "Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, and to whom you have yourself borne testimony--he, also, is baptizing, and everybody is going to him."
27 John's answer was--"A man can gain nothing but what is given him from Heaven. 28 You are yourselves witnesses that I said 'I am not the Christ,' but 'I have been sent before him as a Messenger.' 29 It is the bridegroom who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens to him, is filled with joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This joy I have felt to the full. 30 He must become greater, and I less."
31 He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from Heaven is above all others. 32 He states what he has seen and what he heard, and yet no one accepts his statement. 33 They who did accept his statement attested the fact that God is true. 34 For he whom God sent as his Messenger gives us God's own teaching, for God does not limit the gift of the Spirit. 35 The Father loves his Son, and has put everything in his hands. 36 He who believes in the Son has Immortal Life, while he who rejects the Son will not even see that Life, but remains under 'God's displeasure.'