⁹ Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?”^(A)

The Words of Eternal Life

⁶⁰ When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?”

⁵² The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”^(A)

³⁴ Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I am a virgin?”^[a]

⁴ Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?”

²⁴ And the man^[a] looked up and said, “I can see people, but they look like trees, walking.” ²⁵ Then Jesus^[b] laid his hands on his eyes again, and he looked intently, and his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly.