John 3:24-27 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

24. For John had not yet been cast into prison.

25. Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification.

26. And they went to John and said to him: "Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you offered testimony: behold, he is baptizing and everyone is going to him."

27. John responded and said: "A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.

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