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What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.[a] Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘You[b] must be born from above.’[c] The wind[d] 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.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:6 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit
  2. John 3:7 The Greek word for you here is plural
  3. John 3:7 Or anew
  4. John 3:8 The same Greek word means both wind and spirit

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(A) You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[b] must be born again.’ The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[c](B)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:6 Or but spirit
  2. John 3:7 The Greek is plural.
  3. John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.