 3:1  There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a
ruler of the Jews:
 3:2  The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him,
Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no
man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with
him.
 3:3  Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
 3:4  Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he
is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb,
and be born?
 3:5  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a
man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into
the kingdom of God.
 3:6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which
is born of the Spirit is spirit.
 3:7  Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
 3:8  The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the
sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither
it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
 3:9  Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these
things be?
 3:10  Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of
Israel, and knowest not these things?
 3:11  Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do
know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our
witness.
 3:12  If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not,
how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?
 3:13  And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came
down from heaven, [even] the Son of man which is in heaven.
 3:14  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,
even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
 3:15  That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but
have eternal life.
 3:16  For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life.
 3:17  For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the
world; but that the world through him might be saved.
 3:18  He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that
believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
 3:19  And this is the condemnation, that light is come into
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because
their deeds were evil.
 3:20  For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither
cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
 3:21  But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his
deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
 3:22  After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the
land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.
 3:23  And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim,
because there was much water there: and they came, and were
baptized.
 3:24  For John was not yet cast into prison.
 3:25  Then there arose a question between [some] of John's
disciples and the Jews about purifying.
 3:26  And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he
that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness,
behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.
 3:27  John answered and said, A man can receive nothing,
except it be given him from heaven.
 3:28  Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the
Christ, but that I am sent before him.
 3:29  He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend
of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth
greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy
therefore is fulfilled.
 3:30  He must increase, but I [must] decrease.
 3:31  He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of
the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh
from heaven is above all.
 3:32  And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and
no man receiveth his testimony.
 3:33  He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal
that God is true.
 3:34  For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for
God giveth not the Spirit by measure [unto him].
 3:35  The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things
into his hand.
 3:36  He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and
he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath
of God abideth on him.
