John 3:27-29 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing except it is given him from the heaven.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁷ John answered and said, A man can receive nothing except it is given him from the heaven. ²⁸ Ye yourselves are my witnesses that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. ²⁹ He that has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled.