Jesus and Nicodemus
Genesis 22:1–10; Romans 5:6–11
1But there was a man from among the Pharisees, his name Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;+ 2he came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher fromGod, for none can do these signs that thou doest unlessGod be with him.+ 3Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom ofGod.+ 4Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born being old? can he enter a second time into the womb of his mother and be born?+ 5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom ofGod.+ 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.+ 7Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that ye should be born anew.+ 8The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but knowest not whence it comes and where it goes: thus is every one that is born of the Spirit.+ 9Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?+ 10Jesus answered and said to him, Thou art the teacher of Israel and knowest not these things!+ 11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and we bear witness of that which we have seen, and ye receive not our witness.+ 12If I have said the earthly things to you, and ye believe not, how, if I say the heavenly things to you, will ye believe?+ 13And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.+ 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, thus must the Son of man be lifted up,+ 15that every one who believes on him may [not perish, but] have life eternal.+ 16ForGod so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whosoever believes on him may not perish, but have life eternal.+ 17ForGod has not sent his Son into the world that he may judge the world, but that the world may be saved through him.+ 18He that believes on him is not judged: but he that believes not has been already judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son ofGod.+ 19And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil.+ 20For every one that does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light that his works may not be shewn as they are;+ 21but he that practises the truth comes to the light, that his works may be manifested that they have been wrought inGod.+