But there was a man of the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
He 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 which thou doest, unless God be with him.
Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except one be born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Wonder not that I said to thee, Ye must be born anew.
The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it cometh, and where it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?
Jesus answered and said to him, Art thou the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things?
Verily, verily, I say to thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.
If I told you the earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you the heavenly things?
And no one hath gone up to heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man that is in heaven.
And even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up;
that every one that believeth on him should [not perish, but] have life eternal.
For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal.
For God sent not his Son into the world that he should judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
He that believeth on him is not judged; but he that believeth not hath been already judged, because he hath not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light lest his works should be convicted;
but he that practiceth the truth cometh unto the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought in God.
After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea, and there he was tarrying with them and baptizing.
And John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because much water was there; and they were coming there and being baptized:
for John was not yet cast into prison.
There arose then a dispute on the part of the disciples of John with a Jew about purification.
And they came unto John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee across the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, he is baptizing and all come unto him.
John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it have been given him from heaven.
Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
He that hath the bride is [the] bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom that standeth and heareth him rejoiceth with joy because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.
He must increase, but I decrease.
He that cometh from above is above all. He that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaketh [as] of the earth; he that cometh of the heaven is above all,
and what he hath seen and heard, this he testifieth; and no one receiveth his testimony.
He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true;
for he whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for God giveth not the Spirit by measure.
The Father loveth the Son and hath put all things in his hand.
He that believeth on the Son hath life eternal, and he that believeth not on the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.