I tell you that Elijah has come. They did not know him and treated him badly as they pleased. They will do the same with the Son of man.

But I say to you that Elijah has come. They have done to him what ever they wished just as it is written about him.

The wind blows where it will. You hear the sound of it. Yet you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. It is like this with every one who is born from the Spirit.

Look at ships. They are large and are driven by rough winds. Yet a very small rudder can control them, wherever the captain wills.