1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named1Nicodemus, a 2ruler of the Jews;
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thismancame to Jesus by night and said to Him, "3Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for noonecandothese4signs that You dounless*5God is with him."
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Jesusanswered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless*one6is bornagain he cannot*see7the kingdom of God."
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Nicodemussaid to Him, "Howcan a man be born when he is old? He cannot*enter a secondtime into his mother'swomb and be born, can he?"
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Jesusanswered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless*one is born of 8water and the Spirit he cannot*enter into 9the kingdom of God.
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"10That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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"Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be bornagain.'
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"11The windblowswhere it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not knowwhere it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
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Jesusanswered and said to him, "Are you 12the teacher of Israel and do not understandthesethings?
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, 13we speak of what we know and 14testify of what we have seen, and 15you do not accept our testimony.
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"If I told you earthlythings and you do not believe, how will you believeif I tell you heavenlythings?
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"16Noone has ascended into heaven, but 17He who descended from heaven: 18the Son of Man.
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"As 19Moseslifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even somust20the Son of Man21be lifted up;
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so that whoeverbelieves will 22in Him haveeternallife.
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"For Godso23loved the world, that He 24gave His 25onlybegottenSon, that whoever26believes in Him shall not perish, but haveeternallife.
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"For God27did not send the Son into the world28to judge the world, but that the world might be savedthrough Him.
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"29He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judgedalready, because he has not believed in the name of 30the onlybegottenSon of God.
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"This is the judgment, that 31the Light has come into the world, and menloved the darknessratherthan the Light, for 32their deeds were evil.
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"33For everyone who doesevilhates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear* that his deeds will be exposed.
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"But he who 34practices the truthcomes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having beenwrought in God."
John's Last Testimony
22AfterthesethingsJesus and His 35disciplescame into the land of Judea, and there He was spendingtime with them and 36baptizing.
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Johnalso was baptizing in AenonnearSalim, because there was muchwaterthere; and people were coming and were being baptized -
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Thereforetherearose a discussion on the part of John'sdisciples with a Jewabout38purification.
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And they came to John and said to him, "39Rabbi, He who was with you 40beyond the Jordan, to whom you 41have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him."
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Johnanswered and said, "42A mancanreceivenothing*unless* it 43has beengiven him from heaven.
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"You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, '44I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have beensentahead of Him.'
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"He who has the bride is 45the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoicesgreatlybecause of the bridegroom'svoice. Sothis46joy of mine has been madefull.