Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Nicodemus, a Ruler of The Jews, Comes To Jesus, And Is Told He Must Be Born Again

3 Now there was a man from the Pharisees— the name for him was Nicodemus— a ruler of the Jews. ² This one came to Him by night and said to Him, “Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher. For no one is able to be doing these signs which You are doing unless God is with him”. ³ Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you— unless one is born again^[a], he is not able to see the kingdom of God”. ⁴ Nicodemus says to Him, “How is a person able to be born while being an old-man? He is not able to enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born, is he?” ⁵ Jesus responded, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water^[b] and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶ The thing having been born of the flesh is flesh, and the thing having been born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You^[c] all must be born again’— ⁸ the wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know from where it comes, and where it is going. So^[d] is everyone having been born of the Spirit”. ⁹ Nicodemus responded and said to Him, “How are these^[e] things able to happen?” ¹⁰ Jesus responded and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things? ¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you that we are speaking what we know, and we are testifying what we have seen, and you^[f] people are not receiving our testimony. ¹² If I told you people earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ¹³ And no one has gone up into heaven except the One having come down from heaven— the Son of Man.