who were born, not merely in a genetic sense, nor from lust, nor from man's desire, but from the will of God.

Jesus replied to him, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God."

Nicodemus asked him, "How can a person be born when he is old? He can't go back into his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?"

Jesus answered, "Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

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

The wind blows where it wants to. You hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. That's the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that caused him to be born blind?"

and asked them, "Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How does he now see?"

His parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind.

Ever since creation it has never been heard that anyone healed the eyes of a man who was born blind.

They asked him, "You were born a sinner and you are trying to instruct us?" And they threw him out.

Pilate asked him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. I was born for this, and I came into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is committed to the truth listens to my voice."