John 3:3-17
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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.
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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?
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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.
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6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
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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.
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9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
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10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
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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.
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12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
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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.
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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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15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
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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.
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17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.