After this Jesus and his disciples went into the Judean countryside, and he spent some time there with them and baptized. John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim because water was abundant there; and people kept coming and were being baptized\u2014 John, of course, had not yet been thrown into prison.<\/p>\n
Now a discussion about purification arose between John\u2019s disciples and a Jew. They came to John and said to him, \u2018Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing, and all are going to him.\u2019 John answered, \u2018No one can receive anything except what has been given from heaven. You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, \u201cI am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.\u201d He who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom\u2019s voice. For this reason my joy has been fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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