3There was a Jewish leader named Nicodemus, who belonged to the party of the Pharisees.G1161G2258G444G1537G5330G3686G846G3530G758G24532One night he went to Jesus and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent by God. No one could perform the miracles you are doing unless God were with him."G3778G2064G4314G2424G3571G2532G2036G846G4461G1492G3754G2064G1320G2064G575G2316G1063G3762G1410G4160G5023G4592G3739G4771G4160G3362G2316G5600G3326G8463Jesus answered, "I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G4671G3362G5100G1080G509G1410G3756G1492G932G23164"How can a grown man be born again?" Nicodemus asked. "He certainly cannot enter his mother's womb and be born a second time!"G3530G3004G4314G846G4459G1410G444G1080G5607G1088G3361G1410G1525G1208G1519G846G3384G2836G2532G10805"I am telling you the truth," replied Jesus, "that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.G2424G611G281G281G3004G4671G3362G5100G1080G1537G5204G2532G4151G3756G1410G1525G1519G932G23166A person is born physically of human parents, but is born spiritually of the Spirit.G1080G1537G4561G2076G4561G2532G1080G1537G4151G2076G41517Do not be surprised because I tell you that you must all be born again.G2296G3361G3754G2036G4671G5209G1163G1080G5098The wind blows wherever it wishes; you hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. It is like that with everyone who is born of the Spirit."G4151G4154G3699G2309G2532G191G5456G846G235G1492G3756G1492G4159G2064G2532G4226G5217G3779G2076G3956G1080G1537G41519"How can this be?" asked Nicodemus.G3530G611G2532G2036G846G4459G1410G5023G109610Jesus answered, "You are a great teacher in Israel, and you don't know this?G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1488G4771G1320G2474G2532G1097G3756G502311I am telling you the truth: we speak of what we know and report what we have seen, yet none of you is willing to accept our message.G281G281G3004G4671G2980G3754G3739G1492G2532G3140G3739G3708G2532G2983G3756G2257G314112You do not believe me when I tell you about the things of this world; how will you ever believe me, then, when I tell you about the things of heaven?G1487G2036G5213G1919G2532G4100G3756G4459G4100G1437G2036G5213G203213And no one has ever gone up to heaven except the Son of Man, who came down from heaven."G2532G3762G305G1519G3772G1508G2597G1537G3772G5207G444G3588G5607G1722G377214As Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the desert, in the same way the Son of Man must be lifted up,G2532G2531G3475G5312G3789G1722G2048G3779G1163G5207G444G531215so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.G3363G3956G4100G1519G846G622G3363G622G235G2192G166G222216For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.G1063G2316G3779G25G2889G5620G1325G846G3439G5207G2443G3956G4100G1519G846G622G3361G622G235G2192G166G222217For God did not send his Son into the world to be its judge, but to be its savior.G1063G2316G649G3756G846G5207G1519G2889G2443G2919G2889G235G2443G2889G1223G846G498218Those who believe in the Son are not judged; but those who do not believe have already been judged, because they have not believed in God's only Son.G4100G1519G846G2919G3756G2919G1161G4100G3361G2919G2235G3754G4100G3361G4100G1519G3686G3439G5207G231619This is how the judgment works: the light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil.G1161G3778G2076G2920G3754G5457G2064G1519G2889G2532G444G25G4655G3123G2228G5457G1063G846G2041G2258G419020Those who do evil things hate the light and will not come to the light, because they do not want their evil deeds to be shown up.G1063G3956G4238G5337G3404G5457G2532G3756G2064G4314G5457G3363G846G2041G165121But those who do what is true come to the light in order that the light may show that what they did was in obedience to God.G1161G4160G225G2064G4314G5457G2443G846G2041G5319G3754G2076G2038G1722G231622After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the province of Judea, where he spent some time with them and baptized.G3326G5023G2064G2424G2532G846G3101G1519G1093G2449G2532G1563G1304G3326G846G2532G90723John also was baptizing in Aenon, not far from Salim, because there was plenty of water in that place. People were going to him, and he was baptizing them.G1161G2491G2532G2258G907G1722G137G1451G4530G3754G2258G4183G5204G1563G2532G3854G2532G90724(This was before John had been put in prison.)G1063G2491G2258G3768G906G1519G543825Some of John's disciples began arguing with a Jew about the matter of ritual washing.G3767G1096G2214G3326G1537G2491G3101G2453G4012G251226So they went to John and told him, "Teacher, you remember the man who was with you on the east side of the Jordan, the one you spoke about? Well, he is baptizing now, and everyone is going to him!"G2532G2064G4314G2491G2532G2036G846G4461G3739G2258G3326G4675G4008G2446G3739G4771G3140G2396G3778G907G2532G3956G2064G4314G84627John answered, "No one can have anything unless God gives it.G2491G611G2532G2036G444G1410G3756G2983G3762G3362G5600G1325G846G1537G377228You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.'G5210G846G3140G3427G3140G3754G2036G1473G1510G3756G5547G235G3754G1510G649G1715G156529The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.G2192G3565G2076G3566G1161G5384G3566G3588G2476G2532G191G846G5463G5479G1223G3566G5456G3778G1699G5479G3767G413730He must become more important while I become less important."G1565G1163G837G1161G1691G164231He who comes from above is greater than all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly matters, but he who comes from heaven is above all.G2064G509G2076G1883G3956G5607G1537G1093G2076G1537G1093G2532G2980G1537G1093G2064G1537G3772G2076G1883G395632He tells what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his message.G2532G3739G3708G2532G191G5124G3140G2532G3762G2983G846G314133But whoever accepts his message confirms by this that God is truthful.G2983G846G3141G4972G3754G2316G2076G22734The one whom God has sent speaks God's words, because God gives him the fullness of his Spirit.G1063G3739G2316G649G2980G4487G2316G1063G2316G1325G3756G4151G1537G335835The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power.G3962G25G5207G2532G1325G3956G1722G846G549536Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not have life, but will remain under God's punishment.G4100G1519G5207G2192G166G2222G1161G544G5207G3700G3756G3700G2222G235G3709G2316G3306G1909G846
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