CHAPTER 3
He
came
to
Jesus
at night
and
said,
“Rabbi,
we know
that
You are a teacher
who has come
from
God.
For
no one
could
perform
the
signs
You
are doing
if
God
were
not
with
him."
Jesus
replied,
“Truly,
truly,
I tell
you,
no
one
can
see
the
kingdom
of God
unless
he is born
again.”
“How
can
a man
be born
when he is
old?”
Nicodemus
asked.
“Can he
enter
his
mother’s
womb
a second time
to be born?”
Jesus
answered,,
“Truly,
truly,
I tell
you,
no
one
can
enter
the
kingdom
of God
unless
he is born
of
water
and
the Spirit.
The
wind
blows
where
it wishes.
You hear
its
sound,
but
you do not know
where
it comes from
or
where
it is going.
So
it is
with everyone
born
of
the
Spirit."
Truly,
truly,
I tell
you,
we speak
of what
we know,
and
we testify
to what
we have seen,
and yet
you people do not accept
our
testimony.
If
I have told
you about
earthly
things
and
you do not believe,
how
will you believe
if
I tell
you about
heavenly
things?
For
God
so
loved
the
world
that
He gave
His
one and only
Son,
that
everyone
who
believes
in
Him
shall not perish
but
have
eternal
life.
For
God
did not
send
His Son
into
the
world
to
condemn
the
world,
but
to
save
the
world
through
Him.
Whoever
believes
in
Him
is not condemned,
but
whoever
does not believe
has already been condemned,
because
he has not believed
in
the
name
of God’s
one and only
Son.
And
this
is
the
verdict:
The
Light
has come
into
the
world,
but
men
loved
the
darkness
rather
than
the
Light,
because
their
deeds
were
evil.
Everyone
who
does
evil
hates
the
Light,
and
does not
come
into
the
Light
for fear that
his
deeds
will be exposed.
But
whoever
practices
the
truth
comes
into
the
Light,
so that
it may be seen clearly
that
what he
has done
has been
accomplished
in
God.”
After
this,
Jesus
and
His
disciples
went
into
the
Judean
countryside,
where
He spent some time
with
them
and
baptized.
Now
John
was
also
baptizing
at
Aenon
near
Salim,
because
the water
was
plentiful
there,
and
people kept coming
to be baptized.
So
John’s disciples came
to
him
and
said,
“Look,
Rabbi,
the One who
was
with
you
beyond
the
Jordan,
the One
you
testified about—
He
is baptizing,
and
everyone
is going
to
Him."
The
bride
belongs to
the bridegroom.
The
friend
of the
bridegroom
stands
and
listens for
him,
and is overjoyed
to hear
the
bridegroom’s
voice.
That
joy
is mine,
and it is now complete.
The One who
comes
from above
is
above
all.
The one who
is
from
the
earth
belongs
to
the
earth
and
speaks as one
from
the
earth.
The One who
comes
from
heaven
is
above
all.
Whoever
believes
in
the
Son
has
eternal
life.
Whoever
rejects
the
Son
will not see
life.
Instead,
the
wrath
of God
remains
on
him."