| 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. |
| 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. |
| 4 |
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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
| 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. |
| 21 | But he that doeth truth
cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought
in God. |
| 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. |
| 25 | Then there
arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about
purifying. |
| 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. |
| 27 | John answered
and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. |
| 28 | 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. |
| 30 | 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. |
| 33 | He that hath received his
testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. |
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34 | For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:
for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. |
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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. |
