1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees
2 This man came to him at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that
3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above,
4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, ‘It is necessary for you to be born from above.’
8 The wind blows wherever it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, “How can these
10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and you do not understand these
11 Truly, truly I say to you, we speak what we know, and we testify
12 If I tell you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 And no one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,
15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.”
16 For in this way God loved the world, so that he gave his one and only Son, in order that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world in order that he should judge
18 The one who believes in him is not judged,
19 And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who practices evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed.
21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, in order that his deeds may be revealed, that they are done in God.
22 After these
23 Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized.
24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 So a dispute occurred on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew
26 And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, he who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, about whom you testified—look, this one is baptizing, and all are coming to him!”
27 John answered and said, “A man can receive not one
28 You yourselves testify about me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I am sent before that one.’
29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices
30 It is necessary for that one to increase, but
31 The one who comes from above is over all. The one who is from the earth is from the earth and speaks from the earth; the one who comes from heaven is over all.
32 What he has seen and heard, this he testifies, and no one accepts his testimony.
33 The one who accepts his testimony has attested that God is true.
34 For
35 The Father loves the Son and has given all
36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life, but the one who disobeys the Son will not see life—but the wrath of God remains on him.