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John 3:28
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
John 3:28 · American Standard Version
John 3:28 in other translations
Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
You yourselves testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent before him.’
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In context
25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.
26 And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.
28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.
29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is made full.
30 He must increase, but I must decrease.
31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
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