New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha NRSA
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6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.
7 Do not be astonished that I said to you, "You must be born from above.'
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You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
8 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."
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The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
9 Nicodemus said to him, "How can these things be?"
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“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
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“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
11 "Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our testimony.
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Very truly I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not accept our testimony.
12 If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
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I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things?
13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
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No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
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Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
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that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.
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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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