John 3:28-31 Ye yourselves testify to me, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁸ Ye yourselves testify to me, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. ²⁹ He having the bride is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, standing and hearing him, rejoices with joy for the bridegroom's voice: therefore this my joy has been completed. ³⁰ He must increase, and I must be diminished. ³¹ He coming from above is above all, he being of the earth is of earth, and speaks of earth: he coming from heaven is above all.