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John 3:1-21

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1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
1 Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council.
2 The same came to him 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."
2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
3 Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the kingdom of God."
3 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”
4 Nicodemus 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?"
4 “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”
5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he can't enter into the kingdom of God!
5 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
7 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
7 You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
8 The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"
9 “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things?
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
11 Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.
11 Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.
12 If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
12 I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
13 No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
15 that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17 For God didn't send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18 He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn't believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only born Son of God.
18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
19 This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and doesn't come to the light, for fear that his works would be reproved.
20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed.
21 But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done with God."
21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.
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