21. But people who do what is true come to the light so that the things they do for God may be clearly seen.
22. Later, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them and baptized people.
23. John was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim. Water was plentiful there. (People came to John to be baptized,
24. since John had not yet been put in prison.)
25. Some of John’s disciples had an argument with a Jew about purification ceremonies.
26. So they went to John and asked him, “Rabbi, do you remember the man you spoke so favorably about when he was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? Well, he’s baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
27. John answered, “People can’t receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.
28. You are witnesses that I said, ‘I’m not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of him.’