John 3:27-31

Murdock(i) 27 John answered, and said to them: A man cannot take any thing by his own choice, unless it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye are witnesses for me, that I said: I am not the Messiah, but am sent to go before him. 29 He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and listeneth to him, rejoiceth with great joy on account of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, lo, it is full. 30 To him must be increase, and to me decrease. 31 For he that cometh from above, is above all; and he that is from the earth, is of the earth, and talketh of the earth. He that cometh from heaven, is above all;