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- After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing.
- John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized--
- for John had not yet been thrown into prison.
- Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification.
- And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him."
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- After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized.
- Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized.
- (This was before John was put in prison.)
- An argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing.
- They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan--the one you testified about--well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him."
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- John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.
- "You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent ahead of Him.'
- "He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice So this joy of mine has been made full.
- "He must increase, but I must decrease.
- "He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth He who comes from heaven is above all.
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- To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
- You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.'
- The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
- He must become greater; I must become less.
- "The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
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- "What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.
- "He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.
- "For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.
- "The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.
- "He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
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- He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
- The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful.
- For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
- The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.
- Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him."
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