Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

Marvel not that I said to thee, ye must be begotten from above.

New American Standard Bible

Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

King James Version

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Holman Bible

Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.

International Standard Version

Don't be astonished that I told you, "All of you must be born from above.'

American Standard Version

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.

Amplified

Do not be surprised that I have told you, ‘You must be born again [reborn from above—spiritually transformed, renewed, sanctified].’

An Understandable Version

So, do not be surprised that I have said to you, 'You must be born from above." [See note on verse 3].

Anderson New Testament

Wonder not that I said to you, you must all be born again,

Bible in Basic English

Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

Common New Testament

Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'

Daniel Mace New Testament

be not surprized that I said to thee, you must be born again.

Darby Translation

Do not wonder that I said to thee, It is needful that ye should be born anew.

Godbey New Testament

Be not astonished because I said to thee; It behooveth you to be born from above.

Goodspeed New Testament

Do not wonder at my telling you that you must be born over again from above.

John Wesley New Testament

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shouldest not wonder that I said to thee, Ye must be born from above.

King James 2000

Marvel not that I said unto you, You must be born again.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Do not be astonished that I said to you, 'It is necessary for you to be born from above.'

Modern King James verseion

Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Marvel not that I said to thee, ye must be born anew.

Moffatt New Testament

Do not wonder at me telling you, 'You must all be born from above.'

Montgomery New Testament

Marvel not at my telling you, 'You must all be born again from above.'

NET Bible

Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must all be born from above.'

New Heart English Bible

Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'

Noyes New Testament

Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again.

Sawyer New Testament

Wonder not that I said to you, You must be born again.

The Emphasized Bible

Do not marvel, that I said unto thee: Ye must needs be born from above.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.

Webster

Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again.

Weymouth New Testament

Do not be astonished at my telling you, 'You must all be born anew.'

Williams New Testament

Never wonder at my telling you that you must all be born from above.

World English Bible

Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'

Worrell New Testament

Marvel not that I said to you, ye must be born anew.

Worsley New Testament

Do not wonder that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
θαυμάζω 
Thaumazo 
Usage: 42

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

ὅτι 
Hoti 
Usage: 764

I said
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

σοί 
Soi 
thee, thou, thy, thine own, not tr
Usage: 113

Ye
ὑμᾶς 
Humas 
you, ye, for your sakes Trans, not tr,
Usage: 314

δεῖ 
Dei 
Usage: 72

be born
γεννάω 
Gennao 
Usage: 84

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 3:7

Devotionals containing John 3:7

Images John 3:7

Context Readings

A Meeting With Nicodemus

6 That which is begotten from the flesh is flesh, and that which is begotten from the Spirit is spirit. 7 Marvel not that I said to thee, ye must be begotten from above. 8 The wind blows where it will, and thou hear the sound of it, but know not from where it comes, and where it goes. So is every man who is begotten from the Spirit.

Cross References

John 3:3

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.

John 5:28

Marvel not at this, because an hour comes in which all those in the sepulchers will hear his voice,

Ephesians 4:22-24

for you to put off the old man according to your former conduct, the man who is corrupt according to the desires of deceitfulness,

Job 15:14

What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

Matthew 13:33-35

He spoke another parable to them. The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which having taken, a woman hid in three measures of meal until it was all leavened.

John 3:12

If I told you earthly things, and ye do not believe, how will ye believe if I should tell you heavenly things?

John 6:61-63

But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples are grumbling about this, said to them, Does this cause you to stumble?

Romans 3:9-19

What then? Are we better? Not at all. For we already charged both Jews and Greeks to all be under sin,

Romans 9:22-25

And if God, wanting to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Romans 12:1-2

I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.

Colossians 1:12

Giving thanks to the Father who made us qualified for the share of the portion of the sanctified in light.

Hebrews 12:14

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.

1 Peter 1:14-16

As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

1 Peter 1:22

Men who have purified your souls in obedience of the truth through the Spirit for non-hypocritical brotherly love. Ye should love each other fervently from a pure heart,

Revelation 21:27

And there will, no, not enter into it anything profane, and doing an abomination and a lie, since they are not written in the Lamb's book of life.

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