The Latin Vulgate VUL
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1 erat autem homo ex Pharisaeis Nicodemus nomine princeps Iudaeorum
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There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
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
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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 respondit Iesus et dixit ei amen amen dico tibi nisi quis natus fuerit denuo non potest videre regnum Dei
3
Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
4 dicit ad eum Nicodemus quomodo potest homo nasci cum senex sit numquid potest in ventrem matris suae iterato introire et nasci
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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?"
5 respondit Iesus amen amen dico tibi nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua et Spiritu non potest introire in regnum Dei
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Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6 quod natum est ex carne caro est et quod natum est ex Spiritu spiritus est
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 non mireris quia dixi tibi oportet vos nasci denuo
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Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'
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
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The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."
9 respondit Nicodemus et dixit ei quomodo possunt haec fieri
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Nicodemus answered and said to Him, "How can these things be?"
10 respondit Iesus et dixit ei tu es magister Israhel et haec ignoras
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Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things?
11 amen amen dico tibi quia quod scimus loquimur et quod vidimus testamur et testimonium nostrum non accipitis
11
Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness.
12 si terrena dixi vobis et non creditis quomodo si dixero vobis caelestia credetis
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If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
13 et nemo ascendit in caelum nisi qui descendit de caelo Filius hominis qui est in caelo
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No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
14 et sicut Moses exaltavit serpentem in deserto ita exaltari oportet Filium hominis
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
15 ut omnis qui credit in ipso non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam
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that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life.
16 sic enim dilexit Deus mundum ut Filium suum unigenitum daret ut omnis qui credit in eum non pereat sed habeat vitam aeternam
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For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.
17 non enim misit Deus Filium suum in mundum ut iudicet mundum sed ut salvetur mundus per ipsum
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For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
18 qui credit in eum non iudicatur qui autem non credit iam iudicatus est quia non credidit in nomine unigeniti Filii Dei
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He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
19 hoc est autem iudicium quia lux venit in mundum et dilexerunt homines magis tenebras quam lucem erant enim eorum mala opera
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And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
20 omnis enim qui mala agit odit lucem et non venit ad lucem ut non arguantur opera eius
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For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed.
21 qui autem facit veritatem venit ad lucem ut manifestentur eius opera quia in Deo sunt facta
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But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."
22 post haec venit Iesus et discipuli eius in iudaeam terram et illic demorabatur cum eis et baptizabat
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After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized.
23 erat autem et Iohannes baptizans in Aenon iuxta Salim quia aquae multae erant illic et adveniebant et baptizabantur
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Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.
24 nondum enim missus fuerat in carcerem Iohannes
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For John had not yet been thrown into prison.
25 facta est ergo quaestio ex discipulis Iohannis cum Iudaeis de purificatione
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Then there arose a dispute between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.
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
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And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified--behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!"
27 respondit Iohannes et dixit non potest homo accipere quicquam nisi fuerit ei datum de caelo
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John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 ipsi vos mihi testimonium perhibetis quod dixerim ego non sum Christus sed quia missus sum ante illum
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You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'
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
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He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.
30 illum oportet crescere me autem minui
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He must increase, but I must decrease.
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
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He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
32 et quod vidit et audivit hoc testatur et testimonium eius nemo accipit
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And what He has seen and heard, that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.
33 qui accipit eius testimonium signavit quia Deus verax est
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He who has received His testimony has certified that God is true.
34 quem enim misit Deus verba Dei loquitur non enim ad mensuram dat Deus Spiritum
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For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
35 Pater diligit Filium et omnia dedit in manu eius
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The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
36 qui credit in Filium habet vitam aeternam qui autem incredulus est Filio non videbit vitam sed ira Dei manet super eum
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He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
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