John 3:1-36 (4:2) And there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

Sawyer⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ ^(4:2) And there was a man of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. ² This man came to him by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can perform these miracles which you perform unless God is with him. ³ Jesus answered and said to him, I tell you most truly, unless one has been born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. ⁴ Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he become an unborn infant of his mother a second time, and be born? ⁵ Jesus answered, I tell you most truly, unless a man is 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 a spirit. ⁷ Wonder not that I said to you, You must be born again. ⁸ The Spirit breathes where it wills, and you hear its voice, but you know not whence it comes, nor whither it goes; so is every one that has been born of the Spirit. ⁹ ^(4:3) Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? ¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a teacher of Israel and know not these things? ¹¹ I tell you most truly, that we speak what we know, and what we have seen we testify; and you receive not our testimony. ¹² If I have told you earthly things and you believe not, how will you believe if I should tell you heavenly things? ¹³ And no one has ascended into heaven but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. ¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up; ¹⁵ that every one believing in him may have eternal life. ¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that every one believing in him may not perish but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through him might be saved. ¹⁸ He that believes in him is not judged; but he that believes not has been judged already; because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God. ¹⁹ And this is the judgment; that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil. ²⁰ For every one that does evil hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved; ²¹ but he that does good comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, for they are wrought in God. ²² ^(5:1) AFTER these things Jesus and his disciples came into the country of Judea; and there he staid with them, and baptized. ²³ And John also was baptizing at AEnon, near Salim, because there were many waters there; and they came and were baptized, ²⁴ for John was not yet cast into prison. ²⁵ Then there was a controversy of the disciples of John with a Jew concerning purification. ²⁶ And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified, behold, this [man] baptizes and all men come to him. ²⁷ John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given him from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before him. ²⁹ He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly at the bridegroom's voice; this my joy, therefore, is fully attained. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹ He that comes from above is above all; he that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth. He that comes from heaven is above all; ³² and what he has seen and heard this he testifies; and no one receives his testimony. ³³ He that receives his testimony has sealed that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives not the Spirit by measure. ³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. ³⁶ He that believes on the Son has eternal life; but he that disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God continues on him.