John:3
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There was a man of the Pharisees ,
named Nicodemus ,
a ruler of the Jews :
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The same came to Jesus by night ,
and said unto him ,
Rabbi ,
we know that thou art a teacher come from God :
for no man can do these miracles that thou doest ,
except God be with him .
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Jesus answered and said unto him ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto thee ,
Except a man be born again ,
he cannot see the kingdom of God .
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Nicodemus saith 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 ?
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Jesus answered ,
Verily ,
verily ,
I say unto thee ,
Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit ,
he cannot enter into the kingdom of God .
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh ;
and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit .
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Marvel not that I said unto thee ,
Ye must be born again .
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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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Nicodemus answered and said unto him ,
How can these things be ?
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Jesus answered and said unto him ,
Art thou a master of Israel ,
and knowest not these things ?
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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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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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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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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness ,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up :
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That whosoever believeth in him should not perish ,
but have eternal life .
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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 sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world ;
but that the world through him might be saved .
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He that believeth on him is not condemned :
but he that believeth not is condemned already ,
because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God .
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And this is the condemnation ,
that light is come into the world ,
and men loved darkness rather than light ,
because their deeds were evil .
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For every one that doeth evil hateth the light ,
neither cometh to the light ,
lest his deeds should be reproved .
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But he that doeth truth cometh to the light ,
that his deeds may be made manifest ,
that they are wrought in God .
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After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea ;
and there he tarried with them ,
and baptized .
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And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim ,
because there was much water there :
and they came ,
and were baptized .
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For John was not yet cast into prison .
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Then there arose a question between some of John '
s disciples and the Jews about purifying .
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And they came unto John ,
and said unto him ,
Rabbi ,
he that was with thee beyond Jordan ,
to whom thou barest witness ,
behold ,
the same baptizeth ,
and all men come to him .
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John answered and said ,
A man can receive nothing ,
except it be given him from heaven .
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Ye yourselves bear me witness ,
that I said ,
I am not the Christ ,
but that I am sent before him .
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He that hath the bride is the bridegroom :
but the friend of the bridegroom ,
which standeth and heareth him ,
rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom '
s voice :
this my joy therefore is fulfilled .
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He must increase ,
but I must decrease .
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He that cometh from above is above all :
he that is of the earth is earthly ,
and speaketh of the earth :
he that cometh from heaven is above all .
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And what he hath seen and heard ,
that he testifieth ;
and no man receiveth his testimony .
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He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true .
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For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God :
for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him .
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The Father loveth the Son ,
and hath given all things into his hand .
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He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life :
and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life ;
but the wrath of God abideth on him .