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John 3:5-17
New International Version
John 3:5-17
New International Version
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.(A) 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit[a] gives birth to spirit.(B) 7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[b] must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”[c](C)
9 “How can this be?”(D) Nicodemus asked.
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,”(E) said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things? 11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know,(F) and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.(G) 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(H) except the one who came from heaven(I)—the Son of Man.[d](J) 14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,(K) so the Son of Man must be lifted up,[e](L) 15 that everyone who believes(M) may have eternal life in him.”[f](N)
16 For God so loved(O) the world that he gave(P) his one and only Son,(Q) that whoever believes(R) in him shall not perish but have eternal life.(S) 17 For God did not send his Son into the world(T) to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.(U)
John 3:5-17
King James Version
John 3:5-17
King James Version
5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
13 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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