Parallel Verses
Sawyer New Testament
Jesus answered and said to him, I tell you most truly, unless one has been born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.
New American Standard Bible
Jesus answered and said to him,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
Jesus replied,
International Standard Version
Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."
A Conservative Version
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
American Standard Version
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Amplified
Jesus answered him,
An Understandable Version
Jesus said to him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, a person cannot see the kingdom of God [i.e., enter it. See verse 5], unless he is born from above [Note: The words "from above" are also used in verse 31, but in this place they could also mean "again," or "anew" and refer to the source of a person's second birth].
Anderson New Testament
Jesus answered and said to him: Verily, verily I say to you, unless a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God.
Bible in Basic English
Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
Common New Testament
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Daniel Mace New Testament
Jesus answered him, I declare unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Darby Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born anew he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Godbey New Testament
Jesus responded and said to him, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, unless any one may be born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.
Goodspeed New Testament
Jesus answered him, "I tell you, no one can see the Kingdom of God unless he is born over again from above!"
John Wesley New Testament
Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Julia Smith Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to thee, Except any one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
King James 2000
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."
Modern King James verseion
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Jesus answered, and said unto him, "Verily, verily I say unto thee: except a man be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
Moffatt New Testament
Jesus replied, "Truly, truly I tell you, no one can see God's Realm unless he is born from above."
Montgomery New Testament
"In very truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
NET Bible
Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God."
New Heart English Bible
Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I tell you, unless one is born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Noyes New Testament
Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly do I say to thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
The Emphasized Bible
Jesus answered, and said unto him - Verily, verily, I say unto thee: Except one be born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"In truth I tell you," exclaimed Jesus, "unless a man is reborn, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Webster
Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Weymouth New Testament
"In most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Williams New Testament
Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God, unless he is born from above."
World English Bible
Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
Worrell New Testament
Jesus answered, and said to him, "Verily, verily, I say to you, unless one be born anew, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Worsley New Testament
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily verily I tell thee, Unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Youngs Literal Translation
Jesus answered and said to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'
Themes
Baptism » Regeneration, the inward and spiritual grace of
Christ's » Verily, verily's of » The necessity of
Heavenly » Joy kingdom » New Birth
Holy spirit » Regenerating » Essential to spiritual vision
Holy spirit » Those that are born of the spirit
Jesus Christ » History of » Nicodemus comes to jesus (in jerusalem)
spiritual Kingdom » Conditions of entrance into » New Birth
Spiritual life » Has its origin in the new-birth
New » Birth » Essential to spiritual vision
New Birth » None can enter heaven without
Nicodemus » Becomes a disciple of jesus
Rebirth/being born again » Those that are born of God
Rebirth/being born again » Those that are not born again
Regeneration » The teaching concerning » Essential to spiritual vision
Salvation » Regeneration necessary to
Interlinear
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Tis
Anothen
Eido
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 3:3
Devotionals containing John 3:3
References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 3:3
Prayers for John 3:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Meeting With Nicodemus
2 This man came to him by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can perform these miracles which you perform unless God is with him. 3 Jesus answered and said to him, I tell you most truly, unless one has been born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he become an unborn infant of his mother a second time, and be born?
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:17
So that if any one is in Christ he is a new creation; old things have passed away, behold, all things have become new.
1 Peter 1:23-25
having been born again, not from destructible seed but from indestructible, through the word of God which lives and endures.
John 1:13
who are born not of superior blood, nor of a will of the flesh, nor of a will of man, but of God.
John 3:5-6
Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Galatians 6:15
For in Christ Jesus neither is circumcision any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.
Titus 3:5
not by works of righteousness which we did but according to his mercy he saved us through the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has begotten us to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 John 2:29
If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one who does righteousness has been born of him.
1 John 3:9
No one that has been born of God commits sin, for his seed continues in him, and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.
1 John 5:1
Every one who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and every one who loves the Father loves also the Son who is born to him.
John 12:40
He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, that they should not see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, and be converted, and I should cure them.
2 Corinthians 1:19-20
For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was preached among you by us, by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yes and no, but was yes in him;
2 Corinthians 4:4
in whom the god of this life has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God, may not shine.
Ephesians 2:1
And you being dead in trespasses and sins,??2 in which you formerly walked according to the life of this world, according to the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit which now operates in the children of disobedience,
James 1:17-18
All good giving, and every perfect gift, comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or shadow of turning.
James 3:17
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easy to be persuaded, full of mercy and of good fruits, without partiality, without hypocrisy.
1 John 5:18
We know that every one who has been born of God does not sin, but he that has been born of God keeps himself, and the evil one does not touch him.
Revelation 3:14
And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write, These things says the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God,
Matthew 5:18
For I tell you truly, that till heaven and earth pass away, one iota or one point shall by no means pass away from the law till all things are accomplished.
Matthew 13:11-16
And he answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given;
Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonas, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father in heaven.
John 1:5
and the light shone in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.
John 1:51
And he said to him, I tell you most truly, you shall see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.