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John 3:4-14

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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;

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