John 3:26 · KJV
“And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all {men} come to him.”
— John 3:26
Then there arose a question between {some} of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. {receive: or, take unto himself}
John 3 — Context
For John was not yet cast into prison.
25Then there arose a question between {some} of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
26And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all {men} come to him.
27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. {receive: or, take unto himself}
28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
Cross References
John 1:7
The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all {men} through him might believe.
John 1:15
John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
Galatians 6:12-13
As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
John 12:19
The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.
James 3:14-18
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
Isaiah 45:23
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth {in} righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
John 1:26-36
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
Acts 19:26-27
Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: