John 3:1-15 - A Meeting With Nicodemus

¹ And there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 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?

⁵ 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. ⁶ That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is a spirit. ⁷ Wonder not that I said to you, You must be born again. ⁸ The Spirit breathes where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you know not whence it comes, nor whither it goes; so is every one that has been born of the Spirit.

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

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and know not these things? ¹¹ I tell you most truly, that we speak what we know, and what we have seen we testify; and you receive not our testimony. ¹² If I have told you earthly things and you believe not, how will you believe if I should tell you heavenly things? ¹³ And no one has ascended into heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. ¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up; ¹⁵ that every one believing in him may have eternal life.