John 3:7-17

7 Do not be surprised because I tell you that you must all be born again.
8 The wind blows wherever it wishes; you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is like that with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
9 "How can this be?" asked Nicodemus.
10 Jesus answered, "You are a great teacher in Israel, and you don't know this?
11 I am telling you the truth: we speak of what we know and report what we have seen, yet none of you is willing to accept our message.
12 You do not believe me when I tell you about the things of this world; how will you ever believe me, then, when I tell you about the things of heaven? 1
13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from heaven." 2
14 As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up, 3
15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.
16 For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.
17 For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.

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Cross References 3

  • 1. +23.12Wisdom 9.16, 17.
  • 2. +23.13Baruch 3.29.
  • 3. 3.14Numbers 21.9+2Wisdom 16.5-7.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. again; [or] from above.
  • [b]. [The quotation may continue through verse 21.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.