John 3:26-30 And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou hast testified, behold, he immerses, and all come to him.

JuliaSmith⁽ⁱ⁾ ²⁶ And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou hast testified, behold, he immerses, and all come to him. ²⁷ John answered and said, No man can receive anything except it be given him from heaven. 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.