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Final Witness of the Baptist. 22^* After this, Jesus and his disciples went into the region of Judea, where he spent some time with them baptizing.^q 23John was also baptizing in Aenon near Salim,^* because there was an abundance of water there, and people came to be baptized, 24^{* r} for John had not yet been imprisoned. 25Now a dispute arose between the disciples of John and a Jew^* about ceremonial washings. 26So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, to whom you testified, here he is baptizing and everyone is coming to him.”^s 27John answered and said, “No one can receive anything except what has been given him from heaven.^t 28You yourselves can testify that I said [that] I am not the Messiah, but that I was sent before him.^u 29The one who has the bride is the bridegroom; the best man,^* who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom’s voice. So this joy of mine has been made complete.^v 30He must increase; I must decrease.”^w

The One from Heaven.^* 31The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things. But the one who comes from heaven [is above all].^x 32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.^y 33Whoever does accept his testimony certifies that God is trustworthy.^z 34For the one whom God sent speaks the words of God. He does not ration his gift^* of the Spirit. 35The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him.^a 36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.^b

1^* Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, just his disciples),^* 3he left Judea and returned to Galilee.