John 3:1–15

You Must Be Born Again

3Now there was a man of the Pharisees named ^hNicodemus, ⁱa ruler of the Jews. ²This man came to Jesus^{1 j}by night and said to him, ^k“Rabbi, ^lwe know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do ^munless God is with him.” ³Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is ⁿborn ^oagain² he cannot ^psee the kingdom of God.” ⁴Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” ⁵Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born ^qof water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. ^6rThat which is born of the flesh is ^sflesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.^{3 7t}Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You⁴ must be born ^uagain.’ ^8vThe wind⁵ blows ^wwhere it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

⁹Nicodemus said to him, ^x“How can these things be?” ¹⁰Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel ^yand yet you do not understand these things? ¹¹Truly, truly, I say to you, ^zwe speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but ^zyou⁶ do not receive our testimony. ¹²If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ^13aNo one has ^bascended into heaven except ^che who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.^{7 14}And ^das Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man ^ebe lifted up, ¹⁵that whoever believes ^fin him ^gmay have eternal life.⁸