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children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.
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Then John gave this testimony: “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him.
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And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
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Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
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“How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
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Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
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You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
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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.”
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For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
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Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
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God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.”
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The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
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By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.
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“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
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Jesus Heals a Man Born Blind
As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth.
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His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
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“Is this your son?” they asked. “Is this the one you say was born blind? How is it that now he can see?”
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“We know he is our son,” the parents answered, “and we know he was born blind.
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Nobody has ever heard of opening the eyes of a man born blind.
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Spiritual Blindness
Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
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When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
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After he had said this, Jesus was troubled in spirit and testified, “Very truly I tell you, one of you is going to betray me.”
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Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
“If you love me, keep my commands.
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the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.
