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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 Legacy Standard Bible</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="../">LSB</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">&#9668;</a> John 3 <a href="../john/4.htm" title="John 4">&#9658;</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">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/john/3.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">&#9658;&#9658;&nbsp;</a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">You Must Be Born Again</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, &#8220;Rabbi, we know that You have come from God <i>as</i> a teacher; for no one can do these <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>signs that You do unless God is with him.&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to him, <span class="red">&#8220;Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>again he cannot see the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Nicodemus said to Him, &#8220;How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother&#8217;s womb and be born?&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Jesus answered, <span class="red">&#8220;Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="red">That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="red">Do not marvel that I said to you, &#8216;You must be born <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>again.&#8217;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="red">The wind blows where it wishes and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.&#8221;</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Nicodemus answered and said to Him, &#8220;How can these things be?&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Jesus answered and said to him, <span class="red">&#8220;Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="red">Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and bear witness of what we have seen, and you do not accept our witness.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="red">If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="red">And no one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="red">And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="red">so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="red">&#8220;For God <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>so loved the world, that He gave His <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="red">For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="red">He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>only begotten Son of God.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="red">And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="red">For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light lest his deeds be exposed.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="red">But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been done by God.&#8221;</span> <p class="hdg">John the Baptist&#8217;s Last Witness</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and <i>people</i> were coming and were being baptized&#8212; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>for John had not yet been thrown into prison. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Therefore there arose a debate between John&#8217;s disciples and a Jew about purification. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they came to John and said to him, &#8220;Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have borne witness, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.&#8221; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>John answered and said, &#8220;A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>You yourselves <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>are my witnesses that I said, &#8216;I am not the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>Christ,&#8217; but, &#8216;I have been sent ahead of Him.&#8217; <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom&#8217;s voice. So this joy of mine has been made full. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>He must increase, but I must decrease. <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>&#8220;He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>What He has seen and heard, of that He bears witness; and no one receives His witness. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>He who has received His witness has set his seal to <i>this</i>, that God is true. <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; <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>for He gives the Spirit without measure. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="/john/3-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[&#8224;]</a></span>obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.&#8221;<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>attesting miracles</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>from above</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>from above</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>in this way</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>unique</i>, only one of His kind<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Or <i>unique</i>, only one of His kind<br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Lit <i>testify for me</i><br><span class="fnverse">28</span> Messiah<br><span class="fnverse">34</span> Lit <i>because He does not give the Spirit by measure</i><br><span class="fnverse">36</span> Or <i>believe</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright &copy;2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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