He Must Increase, and I Must Decrease (John 3:30) | John the Baptist | Moon & Gothic Text | Orthodox Christian Canvas ArtAfter these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized. Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. John had not yet been thrown into prison. Then there arose a dispute between some of Johns disciples and the Jews about purification. And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan,

and irradiated with pure and primal splendours

At the time when the serpent shall come

`I will not boast

Jesus answered them

"We know who you are

threw him into a cauldron of boiling tar

Lord Sabaoth

Lord of heaven and earth

that in the hour everyone shall receive in proportion to his merits

and invoked the aid of God in order to his success therein

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he wept and recited a line from the funeral service: “Alas