John 3:2-4

International Standard Version

² He came to Jesus^[a] at night and told him, “Rabbi,^[b] we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.”

³ Jesus replied to him, “Truly, I tell you^[c] emphatically, unless a person is born from above^[d] he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

⁴ Nicodemus asked him, “How can a person be born when he is old? He can’t go back into his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?”