28. “You yourselves are witnesses for me that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but I am sent ahead of Him.’
29. “He that has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the bridegroom. So this joy of mine is complete.
30. “It is right for Him to increase, but me to decrease.
31. “He who comes from above is over all, he who is from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from the heaven is over all.
32. “And what He has seen and heard, that He witnesses. And no one receives His witness.