John 3:4-7

⁴Nicodemus saith unto him, 'How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

⁵Jesus answered, 'Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

⁶that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

⁷'Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;