1 | Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicode'mus, a ruler of the Jews. |
2 | This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him." |
3 | Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God." |
4 | Nicode'mus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" |
5 | Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter 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 | Do not marvel that I said to you, `You must be born anew.' |
8 | The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit." |
9 | Nicode'mus said to him, "How can this be?" |
10 | Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this? |
11 | Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen; but you 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 | No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man. |
14 | And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, |
15 | that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." |
16 | For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. |
17 | For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. |