John 3:3-8 Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born again,* he cannot see the kingdom of God.

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born again,* he cannot see the kingdom of God. ⁴ Nicodemus said to him, How can an old man be born again? can he enter again a second time into his motherÆs womb, and be born? ⁵ Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man is not born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. ⁶ What is born of flesh is flesh; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷ Do not be surprised because I have told you that you all must be born again. ⁸ The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound; but you do not know whence it comes and whither it goes; such is every man who is born of the Spirit.