New American Standard Bible 2020

John 3:1-16

1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named 1Nicodemus, a 2ruler of the Jews; 2this man came to 3Jesus at night and said to Him, “4Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these 5 6signs that You do unless 7God is with him.” 3Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone 8is born 9again he cannot see 10the kingdom of God.”

4Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a person be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?” 5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born of 11water and the Spirit, he cannot enter 12the kingdom of God. 6 13That which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born 14again.’ 8 15The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”

9Nicodemus responded and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10Jesus answered and said to him, “You are 16the teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? 11Truly, truly, I say to you, 17we speak of what we know and 18testify of what we have seen, and 19you people do not accept our testimony. 12If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 20No one has ascended into heaven, except 21He who descended from heaven: 22the Son of Man. 14And just as 23Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must 24the Son of Man 25be lifted up, 15so that everyone who 26believes will 27have eternal life in Him.

16“For God so 28loved the world, that He 29gave His 30only Son, so that everyone who 31believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life.

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Notes

1. John 3:1 John 7:50; 19:39 ↩
2. John 3:1 Luke 23:13; John 7:26, 48 ↩
3. John 3:2 Lit Him ↩
4. John 3:2 Matt 23:7; John 3:26 ↩
5. John 3:2 I.e., confirming miracles ↩
6. John 3:2 John 2:11 ↩
7. John 3:2 John 9:33; 10:38; 14:10f; Acts 2:22; 10:38 ↩
8. John 3:3 2 Cor 5:17; 1 Pet 1:23 ↩
9. John 3:3 Or from above ↩
10. John 3:3 Matt 19:24; 21:31; Mark 9:47; 10:14f; John 3:5 ↩
11. John 3:5 Ezek 36:25-27; Eph 5:26; Titus 3:5 ↩
12. John 3:5 Matt 19:24; 21:31; Mark 9:47; 10:14f; John 3:3 ↩
13. John 3:6 John 1:13; 1 Cor 15:50 ↩
14. John 3:7 Or from above ↩
15. John 3:8 Ps 135:7; Eccl 11:5; Ezek 37:9 ↩
16. John 3:10 Luke 2:46; 5:17; Acts 5:34 ↩
17. John 3:11 John 1:18; 7:16f; 8:26, 28; 12:49; 14:24 ↩
18. John 3:11 John 3:32 ↩
19. John 3:11 John 3:32 ↩
20. John 3:13 Deut 30:12; Prov 30:4; Acts 2:34; Rom 10:6; Eph 4:9 ↩
21. John 3:13 John 3:31; 6:38, 42 ↩
22. John 3:13 Matt 8:20 ↩
23. John 3:14 Num 21:9 ↩
24. John 3:14 Matt 8:20 ↩
25. John 3:14 John 8:28; 12:34 ↩
26. John 3:15 Or believes in Him will have eternal life ↩
27. John 3:15 John 20:31; 1 John 5:11-13 ↩
28. John 3:16 Rom 5:8; Eph 2:4; 2 Thess 2:16; 1 John 4:10; Rev 1:5 ↩
29. John 3:16 Rom 8:32; 1 John 4:9 ↩
30. John 3:16 John 1:18; 3:18; 1 John 4:9 ↩
31. John 3:16 John 3:36; 6:40; 11:25f ↩

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