[27] John answered and said, A man can receive given him from heaven. [28] yourselves witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. [29] He that hath the bride the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. [30] He must increase, but must decrease. [31] He that cometh from above above all: of the earth earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven above all.