There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a testimony,

John testified of him and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who art thou?

John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there standeth one among you whom ye know not.

These things were done in Bethabara, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

And John testified, saying, I saw the Spirit descending like a dove, and it abode upon him.

Again, the next day, John was standing, and two of his disciples.

Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, was one of the two who heard John speak and followed him.

And John also was baptizing in Enon, near Salim, because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.

For John was not yet cast into prison.

Then there arose a dispute between some of John's disciples and the Jews, about purifying.

And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, behold he baptizeth, and all men come to him.

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

When therefore the Lord knew, that the Pharisees had heard, Jesus maketh and baptizeth more disciples than John,

Ye sent to John, and he bare testimony to the truth.

But I have a greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to fulfil, the very works which I do, testify of me, that the Father hath sent me.

And he went away again beyond Jordan, to the place where John baptized at first, and there he abode.

And many came to him and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true.