John 3:5-10 Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

Williams⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁵ Jesus answered, "I most solemnly say to you, no one can ever get into the kingdom of God, unless he is born of water and the Spirit. ⁶ Whatever is born of the physical is physical, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spiritual. ⁷ Never wonder at my telling you that you must all be born from above. ⁸ The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. That is just the way it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." ⁹ Then Nicodemus answered by asking, "How can this be?" ¹⁰ Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel and do not know this?