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John 3:1-17

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1Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a leading man amongst his people.
2This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one could give such signs as you are giving, unless God were with him.”
3“In truth I tell you,” exclaimed Jesus, “unless a person is reborn, they cannot see the kingdom of God.”
4“How can a person,” asked Nicodemus, “be born when they are old? Can they be born a second time?”
5“In truth I tell you,” answered Jesus, “unless a person owes their birth to water and Spirit, they cannot enter the kingdom of God.
6All that owes its birth to human nature is human, and all that owes its birth to the Spirit is spiritual.
7Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.
8The wind blows wherever it wants, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it goes; it is the same with everyone who owes his birth to the Spirit.”
9“How can that be?” asked Nicodemus.
10“What! You a teacher of Israel,” exclaimed Jesus, “and yet do not understand this!
11In truth I tell you that we speak of what we know, and state what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our statements.
12If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?
13No one has ascended to heaven, except him who descended from heaven — the Son of Man himself.
14And, as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;
15so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not be lost, but have eternal life.
17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through him.

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