Nicodemus answered and said to Him, (A)“How can these things be?”

10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 11 (B)Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and (C)you do not receive Our witness. 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (D)No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man [a]who is in heaven. 14 (E)And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so (F)must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that whoever (G)believes in Him should [b]not perish but (H)have eternal life.

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  1. John 3:13 NU omits who is in heaven
  2. John 3:15 NU omits not perish but

“How can this be?”(A) Nicodemus asked.

10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(B) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know,(C) and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.(D) 12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone into heaven(E) except the one who came from heaven(F)—the Son of Man.[a](G) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(H) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[b](I) 15 that everyone who believes(J) may have eternal life in him.”[c](K)

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven
  2. John 3:14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
  3. John 3:15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.