| 1 | There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: |
| 2 | The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. |
| 3 | Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. |
| 4 | Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? |
| 5 | Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. |
| 6 | That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. |
| 7 | Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. |
| 8 | The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. |
| 9 | Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? |
| 10 | Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? |
| 11 | Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. |
| 12 | If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things? |
| 13 | And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven. |
| 14 | And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: |
| 15 | That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. |
| 16 | For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. |
| 17 | For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. |
| 18 | He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. |
| 19 | And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. |
| 20 | For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. |
| 21 | But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. |
| 22 | After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. |
| 23 | And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. |
| 24 | For John was not yet cast into prison. |
| 25 | Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. |
| 26 | And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him. |
| 27 | John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. |
| 28 | Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. |
| 29 | He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. |
| 30 | He must increase, but I [must] decrease. |
| 31 | He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. |
| 32 | And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. |
| 33 | He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. |
| 34 | For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him]. |
| 35 | The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. |
| 36 | He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. |
