John 3:26-28

New Catholic Bible

²⁶Therefore, they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness, is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him.” ²⁷John replied,

“No one can receive anything
except what has been given to him from heaven.
²⁸You yourselves can testify that I said,
‘I am not the Christ.
I have been sent before him.’