John 3:9-16

English Standard Version

⁹ Nicodemus said to him, ^(A)“How can these things be?” ¹⁰ Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel ^(B)and yet you do not understand these things? ¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(C)we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but ^(D)you^[a] do not receive our testimony. ¹² If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ^13 (E)No one has ^(F)ascended into heaven except ^(G)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.^{[b] 14} And ^(H)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man ^(I)be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes ^(J)in him ^(K)may have eternal life.^[c]

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ “For ^(L)God so loved ^(M)the world,^{[d] (N)}that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ^(O)perish but have eternal life.