Jesus and Nicodemus
Genesis 22:1–10; Romans 5:6–11
1There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:+ 2The 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.+ 3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.+ 4Nicodemus 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?+ 5Jesus 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.+ 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 again.+ 8The 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.+ 9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?+ 10Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?+ 11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.+ 12If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?+ 13And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which 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 in him should not perish, but have eternal life.+ 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.+ 17For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.+ 18He 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.+ 19And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.+ 20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.+ 21But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.+