1And there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2He came to Jesus by night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no [man] can do these miracles which you do unless God is with him. 3Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second [time] into his mother's womb and be born? 5Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again. 8The Spirit breathes where He desires, and you hear His voice, but you do not know from where He comes, and where He goes; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit. 9Nicodemus answered and said to Him, How can these things be? 10Jesus answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel and do not know these things? 11Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what we know and testify what we have seen. And you do not receive our witness. 12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how shall you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13And no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of man who is in Heaven. 14But even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up, 15so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 16For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. 18He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God. 19And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil. 20For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed. 21But he who practices truth comes to the Light so that his works may be revealed, that they exist, having been worked in God. 22After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea. And [He] stayed there with them and baptized. 23And John was also baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. 24For John had not yet been cast into prison. 25Then a question from John's disciples arose with the Jews about purification. 26And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, He who was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, He baptizes, and all come to Him! 27And John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from Heaven. 28You yourselves bear witness to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him. 29He who has the bride is [the] bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Then my joy is fulfilled. 30He must increase, but I [must] decrease. 31He who comes from above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly and speaks from the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all, 32and what He has seen and heard, that He testifies, and no one receives His testimony. 33He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. 34For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. 35The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. 36He who believes on the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.