John 3:6-29

⁶`That that is borun of the fleisch, is fleisch; and `that that is borun of spirit, is spirit.

⁷Wondre thou not, for Y seide to thee, It bihoueth you to be borun ayen.

⁸The spirit brethith where he wole, and thou herist his vois, but thou wost not, fro whennus he cometh, ne whidir he goith; so is ech man that is borun of the spirit.

⁹Nychodeme answeride, and seide to hym, Hou moun these thingis be don?

¹⁰Jhesus answeride, and seide to hym, Thou art a maister in Israel, and knowist not these thingis?

¹¹Treuli, treuli, Y seie to thee, for we speken that that we witen, and we witnessen that that we han seyn, and ye taken not oure witnessyng.

¹²If Y haue seid to you ertheli thingis, and ye bileuen not, hou if Y seie to you heueneli thingis, schulen ye bileue?

¹³And no man stieth in to heuene, but he that cam doun fro heuene, mannys sone that is in heuene.

¹⁴And as Moises areride a serpent in desert, so it bihoueth mannys sone to be reisid,

¹⁵that ech man that bileueth in hym, perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf.

¹⁶For God louede so the world, that he yaf his `oon bigetun sone, that ech man that bileueth in him perische not, but haue euerlastynge lijf.

¹⁷For God sente not his sone in to the world, that he iuge the world, but that the world be saued bi him.

¹⁸He that bileueth in hym, is not demed; but he that bileueth not, is now demed, for he bileueth not in the name of the `oon bigetun sone of God.

¹⁹And this is the dom, for liyt cam in to the world, and men loueden more derknessis than liyt; for her werkes weren yuele.

²⁰For ech man that doith yuele, hatith the liyt; and he cometh not to the liyt, that hise werkis be not repreued.

²¹But he that doith treuthe, cometh to the liyt, that hise werkis be schewid, that thei ben don in God.

²²Aftir these thingis Jhesus cam, and hise disciplis, in to the loond of Judee, and there he dwellide with hem, and baptiside.

²³And Joon was baptisinge in Ennon, bisidis Salym, for many watris weren there; and thei camen, and weren baptisid.

²⁴And Joon was not yit sent in to prisoun.

²⁵Therfor a questioun was maad of Jonys disciplis with the Jewis, of the purificacioun.

²⁶And thei camen to Joon, and seiden `to hym, Maister, he that was with thee biyonde Jordan, to whom thou hast borun witnessyng, lo! he baptisith, and alle men comen to hym.

²⁷Joon answerde, and seide, A man may not take ony thing, but it be youun to hym fro heuene.

²⁸Ye you silf beren witnessyng to me, that Y seide, Y am not Crist, but that Y am sent bifore hym.

²⁹He that hath a wijf, is the hosebonde; but the freend of the spouse that stondith, and herith hym, ioieth with ioye, for the vois of the spouse. Therfor in this thing my ioye is fulfillid.