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KING JAMES VERSION
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There was a man of
the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and
that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be
born again. |
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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.
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Nicodemus answered
and said unto him, How can these things be?
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Jesus answered and
said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and
knowest not these things?
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Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that
we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
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If I have told you earthly things, and ye
believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
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And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he
that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
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That whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have eternal life.
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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.
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For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
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He that believeth on him is not condemned: but
he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in
the name of the only begotten Son of God.
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And this is the condemnation, that light is come
into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their
deeds were evil.
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For every one that doeth evil hateth the light,
neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
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But he that doeth truth cometh to the light,
that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
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After these things
came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried
with them, and baptized.
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And John also was
baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and
they came, and were baptized.
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For John was not yet
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Then there arose a
question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
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And they came unto
John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom
thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.
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John answered and
said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
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Ye yourselves bear
me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
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He that hath the
bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth
and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this
my joy therefore is fulfilled.
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He must increase,
but I must decrease. |
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He that cometh from
above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the
earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
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And what he hath
seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony.
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He that hath
received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true.
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For he whom God hath
sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure
unto him.
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The Father loveth
the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
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He that believeth on
the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not
see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
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