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Chapter 3 |
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1 | There was a man of the Pharisees, named
Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: |
| 2 | The same came to Jesus by
night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God:
for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.
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| 3 | Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee,
Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. |
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Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter
the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? |
| 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. |
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Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
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| 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? |
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10 | Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master
of Israel, and knowest not these things? |
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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. |
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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: |
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That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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| 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.
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| 17 | For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that
the world through him might be saved. |
| 18 | He that believeth on him is
not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath
not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. |
| 19 | And this
is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness
rather than light, because their deeds were evil. |
| 20 | For every
one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his
deeds should be reproved. |
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21 | But he that doeth truth cometh to the
light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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| 22 | After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea;
and there he tarried with them, and baptized. |
| 23 | And John
also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there:
and they came, and were baptized. |
| 24 | For John was not yet cast
into prison. |
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25 | Then there arose a question between some of John's
disciples and the Jews about purifying. |
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26 | And they came unto John,
and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou
barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. |
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John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from
heaven. |
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| Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the
Christ, but that I am sent before him. |
| 29 | He that hath the bride is the
bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him,
rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is
fulfilled. |
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| He must increase, but I must decrease. |
| 31 | He
that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and
speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. |
| 32 | And
what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his
testimony. |
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| He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal
that God is true. |
| 34 | For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words
of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. |
| 35 | The
Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. |
| 36 | He
that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. |
