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.
John 3
John 3:1-9