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Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader
of the Jews .
Now there was a man of the Pharisees ,
named Nicodemus, a ruler
of the Jews :
He
came to
Jesus
at
night and said, “
Rabbi, we know that You
are
a teacher who
has
come from God .
For no one could
perform
the
signs You
are
doing
if
God were
not
with him. ”
the
same
came unto
him
by
night ,
and said to
him
, Rabbi, we know that thou
art
a teacher come from God ;
for no one can
do
these
signs that
thou
doest,
except
God be
with him.
Jesus replied
, “Truly
, truly
, I tell
you
, no
one can
see the kingdom of God unless
he
is
born
again
. ”
Jesus answered
and
said
unto
him
, Verily
, verily
, I say
unto
thee
, Except
one be
born
anew,
he
cannot
see the kingdom of God.
“
How can a man be born when he is old? ”
Nicodemus
asked.
“
Can he enter his
mother’s
womb
a second time to
be born? ”
Nicodemus
saith
unto
him,
How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into
his
mother's
womb,
and
be born?
Jesus answered, “Truly
, truly
, I tell
you
, no
one can
enter
the
kingdom
of
God
unless
he
is
born of water and the Spirit .
Jesus answered, Verily
, verily
, I say
unto
thee
, Except
one be
born of water and the Spirit ,
he
cannot
enter
into
the
kingdom
of
God!
Flesh
is born of flesh ,
but
spirit
is born of the Spirit.
That
which
is born of the
flesh is flesh;
and
that
which
is
born of the Spirit is
spirit
.
Do
not be
amazed
that I said, ‘You
must be born again
. ’
Marvel
not that I said unto
thee
, Ye
must be born anew
.
The wind blows
where it wishes.
You
hear
its
sound
, but you
do
not know
where
it comes
from
or
where
it is
going.
So it
is with
everyone
born of the Spirit. ”
The wind bloweth
where it will
, and
thou
hearest
the
voice
thereof,
but knowest
not whence
it cometh,
and
whither
it goeth:
so is every
one
that
is
born of the Spirit.
“
How can this
be? ”
Nicodemus
asked.
Nicodemus
answered
and
said
unto
him,
How can these
things
be?
“You
are
Israel’s
teacher,”
said
Jesus, “
and you
do
not understand
these things?
Jesus answered
and
said
unto
him
, Art
thou
the
teacher
of
Israel,
and understandest
not these things?
Truly
, truly
, I tell
you
, we speak of
what
we know, and we
testify
to
what
we have seen ,
and yet
you
people
do
not accept
our testimony
.
Verily
, verily
, I say
unto
thee
, We speak that
which
we know, and bear
witness
of
that
which
we have seen ;
and ye
receive
not our witness
.
If I have
told you about
earthly things and you
do
not
believe, how will
you
believe if I tell you about
heavenly things?
If I told you earthly things and ye
believe not
, how shall
ye
believe if I tell you heavenly things?
No one has
ascended into heaven except
the
One
who
descended from
heaven —
the Son of Man.
And
no one hath
ascended into heaven ,
but
he
that
descended out
of
heaven ,
`even'
the Son of man ,
who
is
in
heaven
.
Just
as Moses lifted up the snake
in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must
be lifted up ,
And
as Moses lifted up the serpent
in the wilderness, even
so must
the Son of man be lifted up ;
that everyone
who
believes
in Him may
have eternal life.
that whosoever
believeth
may
in him have eternal life.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one
and
only Son, that everyone
who
believes
in
Him shall
not perish but have eternal life.
For God so loved the world ,
that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever
believeth
on
him should
not perish ,
but have eternal life.
For God did
not send
His
Son into the world to condemn
the world ,
but to
save
the world through Him.
For God sent
not the
Son into the world to judge
the world ;
but that
the world should
be
saved
through him.
Whoever
believes
in
Him is not condemned,
but
whoever
does
not believe
has
already
been condemned
, because he has
not believed in
the name of God’s
one
and
only Son.
He
that
believeth
on
him is not judged:
he
that
believeth
not hath
been judged
already
, because he hath
not believed on
the name of the
only begotten
Son of
God
.
And this is the verdict:
The Light has
come into the world, but
men loved the darkness rather than the Light because
their deeds
were evil.
And this is the judgment,
that
the light is
come into the world, and
men loved the darkness rather than the light ;
for
their works
were evil.
Everyone
who
does
evil hates
the Light, and does
not come
into
the Light for
fear
that
his deeds
will
be exposed
.
For
every
one
that
doeth
evil hateth
the light, and cometh
not to
the light ,
lest
his works
should
be reproved
.
But whoever
practices
the truth comes
into
the Light, so
that it
may be seen
clearly
that what
he
has
done
has
been accomplished
in God. ”
But he
that
doeth
the truth cometh
to
the light, that his
works
may be made
manifest,
that they
have
been wrought
in God.
After this,
Jesus and His disciples went
into the Judean
countryside,
where
He spent
some
time
with them and baptized.
After these
things
came
Jesus and his disciples into the land
of
Judea;
and
there
he tarried
with them ,
and baptized.
Now
John was
also baptizing at
Aenon
near Salim, because the
water
was plentiful
there, and people
kept
coming
to
be
baptized.
And
John also was
baptizing in
Enon
near to
Salim, because there
was much
water
there :
and
they
came
, and were
baptized.
(
For John had
not yet been
thrown
into prison. )
For John was
not yet cast
into prison.
Then
a
dispute
arose between
John’s
disciples
and
a certain
Jew
over
the issue
of ceremonial
washing
.
There
arose therefore
a questioning
on
the part
of John's
disciples
with
a
Jew
about
purifying
.
So
John’s
disciples
came to
him
and said ,
“Look
, Rabbi, the
One
who
was with you
beyond the Jordan, the One
you
testified
about—He
is
baptizing
, and everyone
is
going
to Him. ”
And
they
came unto
John,
and said to
him
, Rabbi, he
that
was with thee
beyond the Jordan, to
whom
thou
hast
borne
witness,
behold,
the same
baptizeth
, and all
men
come
to him.
John replied
, “
A man can receive only
what
is
given him from heaven.
John answered
and
said
, A man can receive nothing,
except
it
have
been
given him from heaven.
You
yourselves can
testify
that I said, ‘
I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead
of
Him. ’
Ye
yourselves bear
me
witness,
that I said, I am not the Christ, but ,
that
I
am sent before
him.
The bride belongs
to
the bridegroom .
The friend of the bridegroom stands
and listens
for
him, and
is
overjoyed
to
hear
the bridegroom’s
voice .
That
joy is
mine,
and
it
is now
complete
.
He
that
hath
the bride is
the bridegroom :
but
the friend of the bridegroom ,
that
standeth
and heareth
him, rejoiceth
greatly
because
of
the bridegroom's
voice :
this
my
joy therefore
is made
full
.
He must increase ;
I must decrease.
He must increase ,
but
I must decrease.
The
One
who
comes
from above is above all .
The
one
who
is from
the earth belongs
to
the earth and speaks
as
one
from
the earth .
The
One
who
comes
from heaven is above all.
He
that
cometh
from above is above all :
he
that
is of
the earth is
of
the earth ,
and of
the earth he
speaketh:
he
that
cometh
from heaven is above all.
He
testifies
to
what He has
seen and heard, yet
no one
accepts
His testimony
.
What he hath
seen and heard, of
that
he
beareth
witness;
and
no man
receiveth
his witness
.
Whoever
accepts
His testimony
has
certified
that God is truthful
.
He
that
hath
received
his witness
hath
set
his
seal
to
`this',
that God is true
.
For the
One
whom God has
sent speaks
the words of God ,
for God
gives
the Spirit without
limit
.
For he
whom God hath
sent speaketh
the words of God :
for he
giveth
not
the Spirit by
measure
.
The Father loves
the Son and has
placed
all things in
His hands
.
The Father loveth
the Son ,
and hath
given
all things into
his hand
.
Whoever
believes
in
the Son has
eternal life .
Whoever
rejects
the Son will
not see life .
Instead
, the wrath of God remains
on him. ”
He
that
believeth
on
the Son hath
eternal life ;
but
he
that
obeyeth
not
the Son shall
not see life, but
the wrath of God abideth
on him.
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