- 1. ¶ THERE was at that place a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews;
- 2. He came at night to Jesus and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from God; for no man can do these miracles that you are doing unless God is with him.
- 3. Jesus answered, saying to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
- 4. Nicodemus said to him, How can an old man be born again? Can he enter again a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?
- 5. Jesus answered, saying to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
- 6. What is born of flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
- 7. Do not be surprised because I have told you that you all must be born again.
- 8. The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound; but you do not know whence it comes and whither it goes; such is every man who is born of the Spirit.
- 9. Nicodemus answered, saying to him, How can these things be?
- 10. Jesus answered, You are a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
- 11. Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak only what we know, and we testify only to what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our testimony.
- 12. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how then will you believe me if I tell you about heavenly things?
- 13. No man has ascended to heaven except him who came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.
- 14. Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man is ready to be lifted up;
- 15. So that every man who believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- 16. For God so loved the world that he even gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
- 17. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world should be saved by him.
- 18. He who believes in him will not be condemned; and he who does not believe has already been condemned for not believing in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
- 19. And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world and yet men have loved darkness more than light, because their works were evil.
- 20. For every one who does detestable things hates the light, and he does not come to the light, because his works cannot be covered.
- 21. But he who does truthful things comes to the light, so that his works may be known, that they are done through God.
- 22. ¶ After these things, Jesus and his disciples came to the land of Judea, and he remained there with them and baptized.
- 23. John also was baptizing at the spring of Aenon near to Shalim, because there was much water there; and they came and were baptized.
- 24. For John was not yet cast into prison.
- 25. Now it happened that a dispute arose between one of John’s disciples and a Jew about the ceremony of purifying.
- 26. So they came to John and told him, Teacher, he who was with you at the Jordan crossing, concerning whom you testified, behold, he also is baptizing and a great many are coming to him.
- 27. John answered, saying to them, No man can receive anything of his own will, except it is given to him from heaven.
- 28. You yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but only a messenger to go before him.
- 29. He who has a bride is the bridegroom; and the best man of the bridegroom is he who stands up and listens to him, and rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
- 30. He must become greater and I lesser.
- 31. For he who has come from above is above all; and he who is of the earth is of the earth, and he speaks of earthly things; but he who has come from heaven is above all.
- 32. And he testifies of what he has seen and heard, and yet no man accepts his testimony.
- 33. He who accepts his testimony has set his seal that God is true.
- 34. For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God did not give the Spirit by measure.
- 35. The Father loves the Son, and has placed everything under his hand.
- 36. He who believes in the Son has eternal life; and he who does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God shall remain on him.
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