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* There was a man of the Pharisees , named Nicodemus , a prince of the Jews ; * the same came to Jesus by night and said unto him , Rabbi , we know that thou art a teacher come from God , for no one can do these signs that thou doest unless God is with him . * Jesus answered and said unto him , Verily , verily , I say unto thee , Except a person be born again , they cannot see the kingdom of God . * Nicodemus said unto him , How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter the second time into his mother 's womb and be born ? * Jesus answered , Verily , verily , I say unto thee , Unless a man is born of water and [of ] the Spirit , he cannot enter into the kingdom of God . * That which is born of the flesh is flesh , and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit . * Marvel not that I said unto thee , Ye must be born again . * The wind blows where it desires , and thou hearest the sound of it , but canst not tell from where it comes or where it goes ; so is every one that is born of the Spirit . * Nicodemus answered and said unto him , How can this be done ? * Jesus answered and said unto him , Art thou a teacher of Israel and knowest not this ? * Verily , verily , I say unto thee that we speak what we know and testify that which we have seen , and ye do not receive our witness . * If I have told you earthly things and ye do not believe , how shall ye believe if I tell you [of ] heavenly things ? * And no one has ascended up to the heaven but he that came down from the heaven , [even ] the Son of man , who is in the heaven . * And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , even so must the Son of man be lifted up , * that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life . * For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son , that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life . * For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world , but that the world through him might be saved . * He that believes on him is not condemned , but he that does not believe is condemned already because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God . * And this is the condemnation , that the light is come into the world , and men loved darkness more than the light because their deeds were evil . * For every one that does evil hates the light , and does not come to the light , lest his deeds should be reproved . * But he that does truth comes to the light , that his deeds may be made manifest , that they are wrought in God . * After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judaea , and he tarried there with them and baptized . * And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim because there was much water there , and they came and were baptized . * For John was not yet cast into prison . * Then there arose a question between the disciples of John and the Jews about purifying . * And they came unto John and said unto him , Rabbi , he that was with thee beyond Jordan of whom thou gave witness , behold , the same baptizes , and all [men ] come to him . * John answered and said , A man can receive nothing except it is given him from the heaven . * Ye yourselves are my witnesses that I said , I am not the Christ , but that I am sent before him . * He that 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 ; this my joy therefore is fulfilled . * It is expedient [unto ] him to increase , but [unto ] me , to decrease . * He that comes from above is above all ; he that is of the earth is earthly and speaks earthly things : he that comes from heaven is above all . * And what he has seen and heard , that he testifies ; and no one receives his testimony . * He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true . * For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God ; for God does not give the Spirit by measure [unto him ]. * The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand . * He that believes in the Son has eternal life , and he that does not obey the Son shall not see life , but the wrath of God abides on him .:

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