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can enter the Kingdom of God without
being born of water and the Spirit.* 6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but
the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.*
7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You*
must be born again.’ 8 The wind blows
wherever it wants. Just as you can hear
the wind but can’t tell where it comes
from or where it is going, so you can’t explain how people are born of the Spirit.”
9 “How are these things possible?” Nic
odemus asked.
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Jesus replied, “You are a respected
Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things? 11 I assure you, we tell
you what we know and have seen, and
yet you won’t believe our testimony. 12 But
if you don’t believe me when I tell you
about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly
things? 13 No one has ever gone to heaven
and returned. But the Son of Man* has
come down from heaven. 14 And as Moses
lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in
the wilderness, so the Son of Man must
be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.*
16 “For this is how God loved the world:
He gave* his one and only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him will not
perish but have eternal life. 17 God sent
his Son into the world not to judge the
world, but to save the world through him.
18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone
who does not believe in him has already
been judged for not believing in God’s
one and only Son. 19 And the judgment is
based on this fact: God’s light came into
the world, but people loved the darkness
more than the light, for their actions were
evil. 20 All who do evil hate the light and
refuse to go near it for fear their sins will
be exposed. 21 But those who do what is
right come to the light so others can see
that they are doing what God wants.*”
JOHN THE BAPTIST EXALTS JESUS
Then Jesus and his disciples left Jeru
salem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them
there, baptizing people.
23 At this time John the Baptist was
baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because
there was plenty of water there; and
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people kept coming to him for baptism.
24 (This was before John was thrown into
prison.) 25 A debate broke out between
John’s disciples and a certain Jew* over
ceremonial cleansing. 26 So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Rabbi,
the man you met on the other side of
the Jordan River, the one you identified
as the Messiah, is also baptizing people.
And everybodyis going to him instead of
coming to us.”
27 John replied, “No one can receive
anything unless God gives it from heaven.
28 You yourselves know how plainly I told
you, ‘I am not the Messiah. I am only here
to prepare the way for him.’ 29 It is the
bridegroom who marries the bride, and
the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to
stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.
30 He must become greater and greater,
and I must become less and less.
31 “He has come from above and is
greater than anyone else. We are of the
earth, and we speak of earthly things,
but he has come from heaven and is
greater than anyone else.* 32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard,
but how few believe what he tells them!
33 Anyone who accepts his testimony can
affirm that God is true. 34 For he is sent
by God. He speaks God’s words, for God
gives him the Spirit without limit. 35 The
Father loves his Son and has put every
thing into his hands. 36 And anyone who
believes in God’s Son has eternal life.
Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will
never experience eternal life but remains
under God’s angry judgment.”
JESUS AND THE SAMARITAN WOMAN
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J esus* knew the Pharisees had heard
that he was baptizing and making more disciples than John 2 (though
Jesus himself didn’t baptize them—his
disciples did). 3 So he left Judea and returned to Galilee.
3:5 Or and spirit. The Greek word for Spirit can also be
translated wind; see 3:8. 3:6 Greek what is born of the
Spirit is spirit.
3:7 The Greek word for you is plural;
also in 3:12. 3:13 Some manuscripts add who lives in
heaven. “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for himself.
3:15 Or everyone who believes will have eternal life in
him.
3:16 Or For God loved the world so much that he
gave.
3:21 Or can see God at work in what he is doing.
3:25 Some manuscripts read some Jews.
3:31 Some
manuscripts do not include and is greater than anyone
else.
4:1 Some manuscripts read The Lord.
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