WPNT(i)
26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the One who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you have testified—well, here He is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to Him!”
27 John answered and said: “A person can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.
28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’
29 He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and hears him, has great joy at the bridegroom’s voice. So this my joy has been fulfilled.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 “He who comes from above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.
32 And to what He has seen and heard He testifies, yet no one receives His testimony.
33 The one who receives His testimony certifies that God is true.
34 For He whom God sent speaks God’s words, because God does not give the Spirit by measure.
35 The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
36 The one believing into the Son has eternal life, but the one disobeying the Son will not see the life, but the wrath of God will remain upon him.”