1: There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:

2: The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him.

3: Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

4: Nicodemus saith unto 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?

5: Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6: That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7: Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

8: The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.

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

10: Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?

11: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.

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

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

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

15: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.