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