John 3:1-15 - A Meeting With Nicodemus

¹ Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. ² This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou have come a teacher from God, for no man can do these signs that thou do if God is not with him.

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.

⁴ Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be begotten, being old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's belly, and be born?

⁵ Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, If any man is not begotten from water and Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 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.

⁹ Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things happen?

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, Thou are the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things? ¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify of what we have seen, and ye do not accept our testimony. ¹² If I told you earthly things, and ye do not believe, how will ye believe if I should tell you heavenly things? ¹³ And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven. ¹⁴ And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, ¹⁵ so that every man who believes in him would not perish, but may have eternal life.