who were born of God and not of natural blood nor of physical or human impulse.

Jesus answered him, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever see the kingdom of God, unless he is born from above."

Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot again enter his mother's womb and be born, can he?"

Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

Whatever is born of the physical is physical, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spiritual.

Never wonder at my telling you that you must all be born from above.

The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."

And they went to John and said to him, "Teacher, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, to whom you bore testimony yourself, is baptizing people and everybody is going to Him."

Then Jesus said to them, "I most solemnly say to you, I existed before Abraham was born."

So His disciples asked Him, "Teacher, for whose sin was this man born blind, his own or that of his parents?"

and asked them, "Is this your son, and do you affirm that he was born blind? If so, how is it then that he now can see?"

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

It has never been heard of in this world that anyone ever made the eyes of a man who was born blind to see.

Then they retorted, "You were born in total depravity, and yet you are trying to teach us!" And so they turned him out of the synagogue.

When a woman is in labor, she is in pain, for her time has come, but when the baby is born, she forgets her pain because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Then Pilate said to Him, "So you are a king then?" Jesus answered, "Certainly I am a king. For this very purpose I was born, for this very purpose I have come into the world, to testify for truth. Everybody who is a friend of truth listens to my voice."