Jesus and Nicodemus
Genesis 22:1–10; Romans 5:6–11
1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:+ 2the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.+ 3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.+ 4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?+ 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.+ 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.+ 7Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.+ 8The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.+ 9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?+ 10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou the teacher of Israel, and understandest not these things?+ 11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.+ 12If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?+ 13And no one hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended out of heaven, [even] the Son of man, who is in heaven.+ 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;+ 15that whosoever believeth may in him have eternal life.+ 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.+ 17For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.+ 18He that believeth on him is not judged: he that believeth not hath been judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.+ 19And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.+ 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.+ 21But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been wrought in God.+