25. Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.
26. So they came to John and told him, “Rabbi, the One you testified about, and who was with you across the Jordan, is baptizing — and everyone is flocking to Him.”
27. John responded, “No one can receive a single thing unless it’s given to him from heaven.
28. You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of Him.’