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John 3

New International Reader's Version NIRV

1 There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus. He was one of the Jewish rulers.

2 He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. We know that God is with you. If he weren't, you couldn't do the miraculous signs you are doing."

3 Jesus replied, "What I'm about to tell you is true. No one can see God's kingdom without being born again."

4 "How can I be born when I am old?" Nicodemus asked. "I can't go back inside my mother! I can't be born a second time!"

5 Jesus answered, "What I'm about to tell you is true. No one can enter God's kingdom without being born through water and the Holy Spirit.

6 People give birth to people. But the Spirit gives birth to spirit.

7 You should not be surprised when I say, 'You must all be born again.'

8 "The wind blows where it wants to. You hear the sound it makes. But you can't tell where it comes from or where it is going. It is the same with everyone who is born through the Spirit."

9 "How can this be?" Nicodemus asked.

10 "You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus. "Don't you understand these things?

11 "What I'm about to tell you is true. We speak about what we know. We give witness to what we have seen. But still you people do not accept our witness.

12 I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you do not believe. So how will you believe if I speak about heavenly things?

13 "No one has ever gone into heaven except the One who came from heaven. He is the Son of Man.

14 Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. The Son of Man must be lifted up also.

15 Then everyone who believes in him can live with God forever.

16 "God loved the world so much that he gave his one and only Son. Anyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.

17 "God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world. He sent his Son to save the world through him.

18 Anyone who believes in him is not judged. But anyone who does not believe is judged already. He has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son.

19 "Here is the judgment. Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light. They loved darkness because what they did was evil.

20 "Everyone who does evil things hates the light. They will not come into the light. They are afraid that what they do will be seen.

21 But anyone who lives by the truth comes into the light. He does this so that it will be easy to see that what he has done is with God's help."

22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the countryside of Judea. There he spent some time with them. And he baptized people there.

23 John was also baptizing. He was at Aenon near Salim, where there was plenty of water. People were coming all the time to be baptized.

24 That was before John was put in prison.

25 Some of John's disciples and a certain Jew began to argue. They argued about special washings to make people "clean."

26 They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River is baptizing people. He is the one you gave witness about. Everyone is going to him."

27 John replied, "A person can receive only what God gives him from heaven.

28 You yourselves are witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ. I was sent ahead of him.'

29 The bride belongs to the groom. The friend who helps the groom waits and listens for him. He is full of joy when he hears the groom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.

30 He must become more important. I must become less important.

31 "The One who comes from above is above everything. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks like someone from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above everything.

32 He gives witness to what he has seen and heard. But no one accepts what he says.

33 Anyone who has accepted it has said, 'Yes. God is truthful.'

34 The One whom God has sent speaks God's words. God gives the Holy Spirit without limit.

35 "The Father loves the Son and has put everything into his hands.

36 Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life. Anyone who says no to the Son will not have life. God's anger remains on him."

The Latin Vulgate VUL

1 erat autem homo ex Pharisaeis Nicodemus nomine princeps Iudaeorum

2 hic venit ad eum nocte et dixit ei rabbi scimus quia a Deo venisti magister nemo enim potest haec signa facere quae tu facis nisi fuerit Deus cum eo

3 respondit Iesus et dixit ei amen amen dico tibi nisi quis natus fuerit denuo non potest videre regnum Dei

4 dicit ad eum Nicodemus quomodo potest homo nasci cum senex sit numquid potest in ventrem matris suae iterato introire et nasci

5 respondit Iesus amen amen dico tibi nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua et Spiritu non potest introire in regnum Dei

6 quod natum est ex carne caro est et quod natum est ex Spiritu spiritus est

7 non mireris quia dixi tibi oportet vos nasci denuo

8 Spiritus ubi vult spirat et vocem eius audis sed non scis unde veniat et quo vadat sic est omnis qui natus est ex Spiritu

9 respondit Nicodemus et dixit ei quomodo possunt haec fieri

10 respondit Iesus et dixit ei tu es magister Israhel et haec ignoras

11 amen amen dico tibi quia quod scimus loquimur et quod vidimus testamur et testimonium nostrum non accipitis

12 si terrena dixi vobis et non creditis quomodo si dixero vobis caelestia credetis

13 et nemo ascendit in caelum nisi qui descendit de caelo Filius hominis qui est in caelo

14 et sicut Moses exaltavit serpentem in deserto ita exaltari oportet Filium hominis

15 ut omnis qui credit in ipso non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam

16 sic enim dilexit Deus mundum ut Filium suum unigenitum daret ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam

17 non enim misit Deus Filium suum in mundum ut iudicet mundum sed ut salvetur mundus per ipsum

18 qui credit in eum non iudicatur qui autem non credit iam iudicatus est quia non credidit in nomine unigeniti Filii Dei

19 hoc est autem iudicium quia lux venit in mundum et dilexerunt homines magis tenebras quam lucem erant enim eorum mala opera

20 omnis enim qui mala agit odit lucem et non venit ad lucem ut non arguantur opera eius

21 qui autem facit veritatem venit ad lucem ut manifestentur eius opera quia in Deo sunt facta

22 post haec venit Iesus et discipuli eius in iudaeam terram et illic demorabatur cum eis et baptizabat

23 erat autem et Iohannes baptizans in Aenon iuxta Salim quia aquae multae erant illic et adveniebant et baptizabantur

24 nondum enim missus fuerat in carcerem Iohannes

25 facta est ergo quaestio ex discipulis Iohannis cum Iudaeis de purificatione

26 et venerunt ad Iohannem et dixerunt ei rabbi qui erat tecum trans Iordanen cui tu testimonium perhibuisti ecce hic baptizat et omnes veniunt ad eum

27 respondit Iohannes et dixit non potest homo accipere quicquam nisi fuerit ei datum de caelo

28 ipsi vos mihi testimonium perhibetis quod dixerim ego non sum Christus sed quia missus sum ante illum

29 qui habet sponsam sponsus est amicus autem sponsi qui stat et audit eum gaudio gaudet propter vocem sponsi hoc ergo gaudium meum impletum est

30 illum oportet crescere me autem minui

31 qui desursum venit supra omnes est qui est de terra de terra est et de terra loquitur qui de caelo venit supra omnes est

32 et quod vidit et audivit hoc testatur et testimonium eius nemo accipit

33 qui accipit eius testimonium signavit quia Deus verax est

34 quem enim misit Deus verba Dei loquitur non enim ad mensuram dat Deus Spiritum

35 Pater diligit Filium et omnia dedit in manu eius

36 qui credit in Filium habet vitam aeternam qui autem incredulus est Filio non videbit vitam sed ira Dei manet super eum