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7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
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You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You must be born again.’
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that 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 answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
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“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
10 Jesus answered and said unto him,Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
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“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and do you not understand these things?
11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
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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 earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of 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 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
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No one has ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven—the Son of Man.
14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even 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 whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but 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 begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting 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.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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