John 2:18-3:6
New American Standard Bible
18 (A)The Jews then said to Him, “(B)What sign do You show us [a]as your authority for doing these things?” 19 Jesus answered them, “(C)Destroy this [b]temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” 20 (D)The Jews then said, “It took (E)forty-six years to build this [c]temple, and yet You will raise it up in three days?” 21 But He was speaking about (F)the [d]temple of His body. 22 So when He was raised from the dead, His (G)disciples (H)remembered that He said this; and they believed (I)the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken.
23 Now when He was in Jerusalem at (J)the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name as they (K)observed His signs which He was doing. 24 But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, because (L)He knew all people, 25 and because He did not need anyone to testify about mankind, (M)for He Himself knew what was in mankind.
The New Birth
3 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named (N)Nicodemus, a (O)ruler of the Jews; 2 this man came to [e]Jesus at night and said to Him, “(P)Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these [f](Q)signs that You do unless (R)God is with him.” 3 Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone (S)is born [g]again he cannot see (T)the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a person be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born of (U)water and the Spirit, he cannot enter (V)the kingdom of God. 6 (W)That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
John 2:18-3:6
New Living Translation
18 But the Jewish leaders demanded, “What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it.”
19 “All right,” Jesus replied. “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20 “What!” they exclaimed. “It has taken forty-six years to build this Temple, and you can rebuild it in three days?” 21 But when Jesus said “this temple,” he meant his own body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered he had said this, and they believed both the Scriptures and what Jesus had said.
Jesus and Nicodemus
23 Because of the miraculous signs Jesus did in Jerusalem at the Passover celebration, many began to trust in him. 24 But Jesus didn’t trust them, because he knew all about people. 25 No one needed to tell him about human nature, for he knew what was in each person’s heart.
3 There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee. 2 After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”
3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again,[a] you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
4 “What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”
5 Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.[b] 6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.[c]
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