MKJV - John - 3

3:1  And there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

3:2  He came to Jesus by night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no man can do these miracles which you do unless God is with him.

3:3  Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

3:4  Nicodemus said to 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?

3:5  Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

3:6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

3:7  Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born again.

3:8  The Spirit breathes where He desires, and you hear His voice, but you do not know from where He comes, and where He goes; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.

3:9  Nicodemus answered and said to Him, How can these things be?

3:10  Jesus answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel and do not know these things?

3:11  Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak what we know and testify what we have seen. And you do not receive our witness.

3:12  If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how shall you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

3:13  And no one has ascended up to Heaven except He who came down from Heaven, the Son of man who is in Heaven.

3:14  But even as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up,

3:15  so that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

3:16  For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

3:17  For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him.

3:18  He who believes on Him is not condemned, but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.

3:19  And this is the condemnation, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than the Light, because their deeds were evil.

3:20  For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, lest his deeds should be exposed.

3:21  But he who practices truth comes to the Light so that his deeds may be made known, that they have been worked in God.

3:22  After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea. And He stayed there with them and baptized.

3:23  And John was also baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.

3:24  For John had not yet been cast into prison.

3:25  Then a question from John's disciples arose with the Jews about purifying.

3:26  And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, He who was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, He baptizes, and all come to Him!

3:27  And John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from Heaven.

3:28  You yourselves bear witness to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him.

3:29  He who has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom who stands and hears him rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Then my joy is fulfilled.

3:30  He must increase, but I must decrease.

3:31  He who comes from above is above all; he who is from the earth is earthly and speaks from the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all,

3:32  and what He has seen and heard, that He testifies, and no one receives His testimony.

3:33  He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.

3:34  For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

3:35  The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.

3:36  He who believes on the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides upon him.