John:3:1-21

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* There was a man of the Pharisees , named Nicodemus , a ruler 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 man can do these miracles that thou doest , except God be with him . * 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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * 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 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 . * Nicodemus answered and said unto him , How can these things be ? * Jesus answered and said unto him , Art thou a master of Israel , and knowest not these things ? * Verily , verily , I say unto thee , We speak that we do know , and testify that we have seen ; and ye receive not our witness . * If I have told you earthly things , and ye believe not , how shall ye believe , if I tell you of heavenly things ? * And no man hath ascended up to heaven , but he that came down from heaven , even the Son of man which is in heaven . * And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness , even so must the Son of man be lifted up : * That whosoever believeth in him should not perish , but have eternal life . * 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 . * For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world ; but that the world through him might be saved . * 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 . * And this is the condemnation , that light is come into the world , and men loved darkness rather than light , because their deeds were evil . * For every one that doeth evil hateth the light , neither cometh to the light , lest his deeds should be reproved . * 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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