Study the following scriptures up to verse NAME_1 3:28 :

verse 25 Therefore there arose a controversy between NAME_1’s disciples and a Jew in regard to [d]purification (ceremonial washing). 
verse 26 So they came to NAME_1 and said to him, “NAME_2 (Teacher), the Man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan [at the Jordan River crossing]—and to whom you have testified—look, He is baptizing too, and everyone is going to Him!” 
verse 27 NAME_1 replied, “A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing at all] unless it has been granted to him from heaven [for there is no other source than the sovereign will of God]. 
verse 28 You yourselves are my witnesses that I stated, ‘I am not the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed),’ but, ‘I have [only] been sent ahead of Him [as His appointed forerunner and messenger to announce and proclaim His coming].’  Your answer should have exactly 10 paragraphs. Make sure that the last paragraph starts with the word "identity" and that each paragraph is separated by two new lines.
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