There was a man sent from God, his name John.

(John bears witness of him, and he has cried, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me;)

And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites that they might ask him, Thou, who art thou?

John answered them saying, I baptise with water. In the midst of you stands, whom ye do not know,

These things took place in Bethany, across the Jordan, where John was baptising.

And John bore witness, saying, I beheld the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it abode upon him.

Again, on the morrow, there stood John and two of his disciples.

Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who heard this from John and followed him.

And 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:

for John was not yet cast into prison.

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

And 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.

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

When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus makes and baptises more disciples than John

Ye have sent unto John, and he has borne witness to the truth.

But I have the witness that is greater than that of John; for the works which the Father has given me that I should complete them, the works themselves which I do, bear witness concerning me that the Father has sent me.

and departed again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptising at the first: and he abode there.

And many came to him, and said, John did no sign; but all things which John said of this man were true.