John 3:7-24
New American Standard Bible
7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born [a]again.’ 8 (A)The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus responded and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “You are (B)the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, (C)we speak of what we know and (D)testify of what we have seen, and (E)you people do not accept our testimony. 12 If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 (F)No one has ascended into heaven, except (G)He who descended from heaven: (H)the Son of Man. 14 And just as (I)Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must (J)the Son of Man (K)be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who [b]believes will (L)have eternal life in Him.
16 “For God so (M)loved the world, that He (N)gave His (O)only Son, so that everyone who (P)believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God (Q)did not send the Son into the world (R)to judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. 18 (S)The one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of (T)the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that (U)the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for (V)their deeds were evil. 20 (W)For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. 21 But the one who (X)practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed [c]as having been performed in God.”
John the Baptist’s Last Testimony
22 After these things Jesus and His (Y)disciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and (Z)baptizing. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized— 24 for (AA)John had not yet been thrown into prison.
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John 3:7-24
New Living Translation
7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You[a] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it wants. Just as you can hear the wind but can’t tell where it comes from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
9 “How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked.
10 Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? 11 I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony. 12 But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man[b] has come down from heaven. 14 And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.[c]
16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave[d] his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.
18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. 19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil. 20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed. 21 But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants.[e]”
John the Baptist Exalts Jesus
22 Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people.
23 At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism. 24 (This was before John was thrown into prison.)
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- 3:7 The Greek word for you is plural; also in 3:12.
- 3:13 Some manuscripts add who lives in heaven. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
- 3:15 Or everyone who believes will have eternal life in him.
- 3:16 Or For God loved the world so much that he gave.
- 3:21 Or can see God at work in what he is doing.
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