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John 2:22 | 983 983 | John 3:34
tem ple he had spo ken of was his body.
22 Af ter he was raised from the dead, his
dis ci ples re called what he had said. Then
they be lieved the scrip ture and the words
that Jesus had spoken.
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the
Pass over Fes ti val, many peo ple saw the
signs he was per form ing and be lieved in
his name. a 24 But Jesus would not entrust
him self to them, for he knew all peo ple.
25 He did not need any tes ti mo ny about
man kind, for he knew what was in each
person.
Jesus Teaches Nicodemus
Now there was a Phar i see, a man
3 named Nicodemus who was a member
of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to
Jesus at night and said, “Rab bi, we know
that you are a teach er who has come from
God. For no one could per form the signs
you are do ing if God were not with him.”
3 Jesus re plied, “Very tru ly I tell you, no
one can see the king dom of God un less
they are born again. b ”
4 “How can some one be born when they
are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they
can not en ter a sec ond time into their
moth er’s womb to be born!”
5 Jesus an swered, “Very tru ly I tell you,
no one can en ter the king dom of God unless
they are born of wa ter and the Spir it.
6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spir it c
gives birth to spir it. 7 You should not be
sur prised at my say ing, ‘You d must be
born again.’ 8 The wind blows wher ev er
it pleas es. You hear its sound, but you
can not tell where it comes from or where
it is go ing. So it is with ev ery one born of
e
the Spirit.”
9 “How can this be?” Nic o de mus asked.
10 “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus,
“and do you not un der stand these things?
11 Very tru ly I tell you, we speak of what
we know, and we tes ti fy to what we have
seen, but still you peo ple do not ac cept
our tes ti mo ny. 12 I have spo ken to you of
earth ly things and you do not be lieve; how
then will you be lieve if I speak of heavenly
things? 13 No one has ever gone into
heav en ex cept the one who came from
heav en — ​the Son of Man. f 14 Just as Mo ses
lift ed up the snake in the wil der ness, so
the Son of Man must be lift ed up, g 15 that
everyone who believes may have eternal
life in him.” h
16 For God so loved the world that he
gave his one and only Son, that who ev er
be lieves in him shall not per ish but have
eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son
into the world to con demn the world, but
to save the world through him. 18 Whoev
er be lieves in him is not con demned,
but who ev er does not be lieve stands condemned
al ready be cause they have not
be lieved in the name of God’s one and only
Son. 19 This is the ver dict: Light has come
into the world, but peo ple loved dark ness
instead of light because their deeds were
evil. 20 Every one who does evil hates the
light, and will not come into the light for
fear that their deeds will be ex posed. 21 But
who ever lives by the truth comes into the
light, so that it may be seen plain ly that
what they have done has been done in
the sight of God.
John Testifies Again About Jesus
22 After this, Jesus and his disciples went
out into the Judean countryside, where he
spent some time with them, and bap tized.
23 Now John also was baptizing at Aenon
near Sa lim, be cause there was plen ty of
wa ter, and peo ple were com ing and being
baptized. 24 (This was be fore John was
put in pris on.) 25 An argument developed
be tween some of John’s dis ci ples and a
certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial
washing. 26 They came to John and said to
him, “Rab bi, that man who was with you
on the oth er side of the Jor dan — ​the one
you testified about — ​look, he is baptizing,
and ev ery one is go ing to him.”
27 To this John re plied, “A per son can
re ceive only what is giv en them from
heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that
I said, ‘I am not the Mes si ah but am sent
ahead of him.’ 29 The bride be longs to the
bridegroom. The friend who attends the
bride groom waits and lis tens for him,
and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom’s
voice. That joy is mine, and it is
now complete. 30 He must be come great er;
I must be come less.” i
31 The one who comes from above is
above all; the one who is from the earth
be longs to the earth, and speaks as one
from the earth. The one who comes from
heav en is above all. 32 He testifies to what
he has seen and heard, but no one ac cepts
his testimony. 33 Whoever has accepted it
has cer ti fied that God is truth ful. 34 For the
a b c 23 Or in him 3 The Greek for again also means from above; also in verse 7. 6 Or but
d e spirit 7 The Greek is plural. 8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.
f g 13 Some manuscripts Man, who is in heaven 14 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
h i 15 Some interpreters end the quotation with verse 21. 30 Some interpreters end the
quotation with verse 36.