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Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicode'mus, a ruler of the Jews.
2
This man came to Jesus 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."
3
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
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Nicode'mus 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?"
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Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
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The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
