John 3:1–17

¹But there was a man from among the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; ²he came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God, for none can do these signs that thou doest unless God be with him. ³Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God. ⁴Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born? ⁵Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that ye should be born anew. ⁸The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it comes and where it goes: thus is every one that is born of the Spirit. ⁹Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? ¹⁰Jesus answered and said to him, Thou art the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things! ¹¹Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and we bear witness of that which we have seen, and ye receive not our witness. ¹²If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe? ¹³And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. ¹⁴And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up, ¹⁵that every one who believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. ¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal. ¹⁷For God has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.