27 John answered, “People can’t receive anything unless it has been given to them from heaven.
28 You are witnesses that I said, ‘I’m not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of him.’
29 “The groom is the person to whom the bride belongs. The best man, who stands and listens to him, is overjoyed when the groom speaks. This is the joy that I feel.
30 He must increase in importance, while I must decrease in importance.
31 “The person who comes from above is superior to everyone. I, a person from the earth, know nothing but what is on earth, and that’s all I can talk about. The person who comes from heaven is superior to everyone
32 and tells what he has seen and heard. Yet, no one accepts what he says.
33 I have accepted what that person said, and I have affirmed that God is truthful.