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title: John 3
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**1 **There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: **2 **The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto 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. **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.

**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? **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. **6 **That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. **7 **Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. **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.

**9 **Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? **10 **Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? **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. **12 **If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you *of* heavenly things? **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. **14 **And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: **15 **That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

**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. **17 **For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. **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. **19 **And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. **20 **For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. **21 **But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

**22 **After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. **23 **And John also was baptizing in AEnon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. **24 **For John was not yet cast into prison.

**25 **Then there arose a question between *some* of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. **26 **And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all *men* come to him. **27 **John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. **28 **Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. **29 **He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. **30 **He must increase, but I *must* decrease.

**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. **32 **And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. **33 **He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. **34 **For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure *unto him*. **35 **The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. **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.