003:020 For every wrongdoer hates the light, and does not come to the light, for fear his actions should be exposed and condemned.
003:021 But he who does what is honest and right comes to the light, in order that his actions may be plainly shown to have been done in God.
003:022 After this Jesus and His disciples went into Judaea;
and there He made a stay in company with them and baptized.
003:023 And John too was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there were
many pools of water there; and people came and received baptism.
003:024 (For John was not yet in prison.)
003:025 As the result, a discussion having arisen on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification,
003:026 they came to John and reported to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan and to whom you bore testimony is now baptizing, and great numbers of people are resorting to him."
003:027 "A man cannot obtain anything," replied John, "unless it has
been granted to him from Heaven.
003:028 You yourselves can bear witness to my having said, `I am not
the Christ,' but `I am His appointed forerunner.'
003:029 He who has the bride is the bridegroom; and the bridegroom's friend who stands by his side and listens to him, rejoices heartily on account of the bridegroom's happiness. Therefore this joy of mine is now complete.