John 3:26-27

3:26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, ¹  about whom you testified – see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”

3:27 John replied, ²  “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.

[3:26]  ¹ tn “River” is not in the Greek text but is supplied for clarity.

[3:27]  ² tn Grk “answered and said.”