who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John bore witness concerning him, and cried, saying, This is he of whom I said, He that is coming after me, is before me: because before me he was.

And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending as a dove from heaven, and it rested upon him.

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.

Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?

Jesus replied, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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

The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the sound of it, but knowest not from whence it cometh, nor whither it goeth: just so is every one who is born of the Spirit.

Ye sent to John, and he bore testimony to the truth.

Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We are not born of whoredom; we have one Father, even God.

And his disciples inquired of him, saying, Rabbi, who was in fault, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?

And they questioned them, saying, Is this your son, of whom ye say, that he was born blind? how then doth he now see?

His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:

From the creation of the world hath it never been heard, that any man opened the eyes of one born blind.

They answered and said unto him, Thou wast wholly born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.

Then the multitude that was with him, when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore their testimony.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when the little son is born, she no more remembers the anguish, for joy that a man is brought into the world.

Then said Pilate unto him. Art thou not a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. For this end I was born, and for this I came into the world, that I should be a witness for the truth. Every one who is of the truth heareth my voice.

And he that saw it bore witness, and we know that his testimony is true: and he himself is conscious that he speaketh what is true, that ye might believe.