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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>John 3 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > John 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/2.htm" title="John 2">◄</a> John 3 <a href="../john/4.htm" title="John 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/john/3-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Jesus and Nicodemus<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../genesis/22.htm">Genesis 22:1–10</a>; <a href ="../romans/5.htm#6">Romans 5:6–11</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now there was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He went to Jesus at night, and he said to him: “Rabbi, we know that you have arrived as a teacher from God. For no one would be able to accomplish these signs, which you accomplish, unless God were with him.” <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus responded and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Nicodemus said to him: “How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be reborn?” <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Jesus responded: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You should not be amazed that I said to you: You must be born anew. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit.”<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Nicodemus responded and said to him, “How are these things able to be accomplished?” <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus responded and said to him: “You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things? <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Amen, amen, I say to you, that we speak about what we know, and we testify about what we have seen. But you do not accept our testimony. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>If I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you have not believed, then how will you believe, if I will speak to you about heavenly things? <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.<p> <A name="17"></a><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, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him. <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But whoever acts in truth goes toward the Light, so that his works may be manifested, because they have been accomplished in God.”<p> <A name="23"></a><p class="hdg">John’s Testimony about Jesus<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After these things, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea. And he was living there with them and baptizing. <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Now John was also baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water in that place. And they were arriving and being baptized. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>For John had not yet been cast into prison.<p> <A name="26"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they went to John and said to him: “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you offered testimony: behold, he is baptizing and everyone is going to him.” <A name="28"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>John responded and said: “A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but that I have been sent before him. <A name="30"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He who holds the bride is the groom. But the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to Him, rejoices joyfully at the voice of the groom. And so, this, my joy, has been fulfilled. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He must increase, while I must decrease.<p> <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>He who comes from above, is above everything. He who is from below, is of the earth, and he speaks about the earth. He who comes from heaven is above everything. <A name="33"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And what he has seen and heard, about this he testifies. And no one accepts his testimony. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified that God is truthful. <A name="35"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The Father loves the Son, and he has given everything into his hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him.”<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></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="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>