John 3:9-14

⁹Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

¹⁰Jesus answered and said to him, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things?

¹¹Verily, verily, I say to thee, We speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.

¹²If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how will ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?

¹³And no man hath ascended to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.

¹⁴And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: