there was a man of the pharisees named nicodemus a ruler of the jews
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
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
nicodemus saith unto him how can a man be born when he is old can he enter the second time into his mothers womb and be born
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
that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit
marvel not that i said unto thee ye must be born again
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
nicodemus answered and said unto him how can these things be
jesus answered and said unto him art thou a master of israel and knowest not these things
verily verily i say unto thee we speak that we do know and testify that we have seen and ye receive not our witness
if i have told you earthly things and ye believe not how shall ye believe if i tell you of heavenly things
and no man hath ascended up to heaven but he that came down from heaven even the son of man which is in heaven
and as moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness even so must the son of man be lifted up
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life
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
for god sent not his son into the world to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved
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
and this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil
for every one that doeth evil hateth the light neither cometh to the light lest his deeds should be reproved
but he that doeth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in god
after these things came jesus and his disciples into the land of judaea and there he tarried with them and baptized
and john also was baptizing in aenon near to salim because there was much water there and they came and were baptized
then there arose a question between some of johns disciples and the jews about purifying
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
john answered and said a man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven
ye yourselves bear me witness that i said i am not the christ but that i am sent before him
he that hath the bride is the bridegroom but the friend of the bridegroom which standeth and heareth him rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegrooms voice this my joy therefore is fulfilled
he must increase but i must decrease
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
and what he hath seen and heard that he testifieth and no man receiveth his testimony
he that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that god is true
for he whom god hath sent speaketh the words of god for god giveth not the spirit by measure
the father loveth the son and hath given all things into his hand
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