John 3:1-10

1There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

2This man came to him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform these signs you do unless God were with him.”

3Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”

4“How can anyone be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked him. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born?”

5Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

6Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.

8The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don’t know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”

9“How can these things be?” asked Nicodemus.

10“Are you a teacher of Israel and don’t know these things?” Jesus replied.