John - Chapter 3

Passage

And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him: Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs which you do, unless God is with him. Jesus answered and said to him: Amen, amen, I say to you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to 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 again? Jesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to you, unless someone is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. What is born of the flesh is flesh: and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not wonder that I said to you: You must be born again. The Spirit breathes where he will, and you hear his voice: but you do not know where he comes from or where he goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit. Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be done? Jesus answered and said to him: Are you a master in Israel, and do you not know these things? Amen, amen, I say to you that we speak what we know and we testify to what we have seen: and you do not receive our testimony. If I have spoken to you of earthly things, and you do not believe, how will you believe if I speak to you of heavenly things? And no one has ascended into heaven, except he who descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting. For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting. For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world: but so that the world may be saved by him. Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged: because he does not believe in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the judgment: that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. For everyone who does evil hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his works may not be exposed. But whoever does the truth comes to the light, so that his works may be made known: because they are done in God. After these things, Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea: and there he stayed with them and baptized. And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim: because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. For John had not yet been thrown into prison. And a dispute arose between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification. And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you gave testimony: behold, he is baptizing and all men are coming to him. John answered and said: A man cannot receive anything unless it is given him from heaven. You yourselves bear me witness that I said that I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He who has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase: but I must decrease. He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaks. He who comes from heaven is above all. And what he has seen and heard, to that he testifies: and no one receives his testimony. Whoever has received his testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God does not give the Spirit by measure. The Father loves the Son: and he has given all things into his hand. Whoever believes in the Son has life everlasting: but whoever does not believe the Son shall not see life: but the wrath of God remains on him.