Parallel Verses
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;'
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.
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.
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.
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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Eido
Devotionals
Devotionals about John 3:3
Devotionals containing John 3:3
References
American
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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 one came unto him by night, and said to him, 'Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come -- a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.' 3 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;' 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'
Cross References
2 Corinthians 5:17
so that if any one is in Christ -- he is a new creature; the old things did pass away, lo, become new have the all things.
1 Peter 1:23-25
being begotten again, not out of seed corruptible, but incorruptible, through a word of God -- living and remaining -- to the age;
John 1:13
who -- not of blood nor of a will of flesh, nor of a will of man but -- of God were begotten.
John 3:5-6
Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;
Galatians 6:15
for in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation;
Titus 3:5
(not by works that are in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to the abundance of His kindness did beget us again to a living hope, through the rising again of Jesus Christ out of the dead,
1 John 2:29
if ye know that he is righteous, know ye that every one doing the righteousness, of him hath been begotten.
1 John 3:9
every one who hath been begotten of God, sin he doth not, because his seed in him doth remain, and he is not able to sin, because of God he hath been begotten.
1 John 5:1
Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him:
Deuteronomy 29:4
and Jehovah hath not given to you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, till this day,
John 12:40
'He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn back, and I might heal them;'
2 Corinthians 1:19-20
for the Son of God, Jesus Christ, among you through us having been preached -- through me and Silvanus and Timotheus -- did not become Yes and No, but in him it hath become Yes;
2 Corinthians 4:4
in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;
Ephesians 2:1
Also you -- being dead in the trespasses and the sins,
James 1:17-18
every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;
James 3:17
and the wisdom from above, first, indeed, is pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily entreated, full of kindness and good fruits, uncontentious, and unhypocritical: --
1 John 5:18
We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;
Revelation 3:14
And to the messenger of the assembly of the Laodiceans write: These things saith the Amen, the witness -- the faithful and true -- the chief of the creation of God;
Jeremiah 5:21
Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.
Matthew 5:18
for, verily I say to you, till that the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the law, till that all may come to pass.
Matthew 13:11-16
And he answering said to them that -- 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answering said to him, 'Happy art thou, Simon Bar-Jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.
John 1:5
and the light in the darkness did shine, and the darkness did not perceive it.
John 1:51
and he saith to him, 'Verily, verily, I say to you, henceforth ye shall see the heaven opened, and the messengers of God going up and coming down upon the Son of Man.'