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for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Nicodemus saith unto 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? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God! <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things? <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.</p> <a name="16" id="16"></a><p class="hdg">For God So Loved<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../genesis/22.htm">Genesis 22:1-10</a>; <a href="../romans/5.htm#6">Romans 5:6-11</a>)</p></p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.</p> <p class="hdg">John's Testimony Concerning Jesus</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For John was not yet cast into prison.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purifying. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He must increase, but I must decrease.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>What he hath seen and heard, of that he beareth witness; and no man receiveth his witness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He that hath received his witness hath set his seal to this , that God is true. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for he giveth not the Spirit by measure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>He that believeth on the Son hath eternal life; but he that obeyeth not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../john/2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="John 2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="John 2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../john/4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="John 4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="John 4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/john/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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