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Jesus answered and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born[a] from above.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3 Born: see note on Jn 1:13. From above: the Greek adverb anōthen means both “from above” and “again.” Jesus means “from above” (see Jn 3:31) but Nicodemus misunderstands it as “again.” This misunderstanding serves as a springboard for further instruction.

Jesus replied, “I assure you: Unless someone is born again,[a](A) he cannot see the kingdom of God.”(B)

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  1. John 3:3 The same Gk word can mean again or from above (also in v. 7).