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There was a manof the Pharisees,named*Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
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The samecametoJesus by night,andsaid unto him,Rabbi, we knowthat thou art a teachercomefromGod:for no mancandothesemiraclesthatthoudoest, exceptGodbewithhim.
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Jesusansweredandsaid unto him,Verily,verily, I say unto thee,Except a man be bornagain,[a] he cannot*see the kingdom of God.
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Nicodemussaithuntohim,Howcan a man be born when he isold?can* he enter the second timeintohismother'swomb,and be born?
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Jesusanswered, Verily,verily, I say unto thee,Except a man be bornofwaterand of the Spirit, he cannot*enterinto the kingdom of God.
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That which is bornof the fleshisflesh;and that which is bornof the Spiritisspirit.
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Marvelnotthat I said unto thee,Yemust be bornagain.[b]
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The windblowethwhere it listeth, and thou hearest the soundthereof,butcanstnottellwhence it cometh, andwhither it goeth: sois every one that is bornof the Spirit.
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Nicodemusansweredandsaid unto him,Howcan these thingsbe?
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Jesusansweredandsaid unto him,Artthou a master of Israel,andknowestnot these things?
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Verily,verily, I say unto thee, We speakthatwe do know, andtestifythat we have seen; and ye receivenotourwitness.
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If I have toldyou earthly things,and ye believenot,how shall ye believe, if I tellyou of heavenly things?
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And no man hath ascended uptoheaven,but he that came downfromheaven, even the Son of manwhichisinheaven.
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AndasMoses lifted up the serpentin the wilderness, even somust the Son of man be lifted up:
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ForGodsoloved the world,that he gavehis only begottenSon,thatwhosoeverbelievethinhimshouldnotperish, buthaveeverlastinglife.
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ForGodsentnothisSoninto the worldtocondemn the world;butthat the worldthroughhim might be saved.
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He that believethonhimisnotcondemned: but he that believethnot is condemnedalready,because he hathnotbelievedin the name of the only begottenSon of God.
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Andthisis the condemnation,thatlight is comeinto the world,andmenloveddarknessratherthanlight,becausetheirdeedswereevil.
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For every one that doethevilhateth the light,neither*comethto the light,lesthisdeeds should be reproved.[c]
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But he that doethtruthcomethto the light,thathisdeeds may be made manifest, that they arewroughtinGod.
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After these thingscameJesusandhisdisciplesinto the land of Judaea;andthere he tarriedwiththem,andbaptized.
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AndJohnalsowasbaptizinginAenonnear to Salim,because there wasmuchwaterthere:and they came, and were baptized.
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Then there arose a questionbetween some ofJohn'sdisciples and the Jewsaboutpurifying.
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And they cameuntoJohn,andsaid unto him,Rabbi,he that waswiththeebeyondJordan, to whomthou barest witness, behold, the samebaptizeth, andall men cometohim.
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Johnansweredandsaid, A mancan*receive[d]nothing,except it begivenhimfromheaven.
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Yeyourselvesbearmewitness, that I said, Iamnot the Christ,butthat I amsentbeforehim.
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He that hath the brideis the bridegroom:but the friend of the bridegroom,whichstandethandhearethhim,rejoicethgreatlybecause of the bridegroom'svoice:thismyjoytherefore is fulfilled.