The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from King James Bible: of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
JOH 3:23 And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because
there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
JOH 3:24 For John was not yet cast into prison.
JOH 3:25 Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples
and the Jews about purifying.
JOH 3:26 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.
JOH 3:27 John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it
be given him from heaven.
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