John 3:1-17
3:1 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the
Jews.
3:2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher
who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence
of God."
3:3 Jesus answered him, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God
without being born from above."
3:4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one
enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?"
3:5 Jesus answered, "Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God
without being born of water and Spirit.
3:6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
3:7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'You must be born from above.'
3:8 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know
where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the
Spirit."
3:9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"
3:10 Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand
these things?
3:11 "Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have
seen; yet you do not receive our testimony.
3:12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe
if I tell you about heavenly things?
3:13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of
Man.
3:14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be
lifted up,
3:15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
3:17 "Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in
order that the world might be saved through him.
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