| 3:1 | There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: |
| 3:2 | The same came to Jesus by night, and said to 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. |
| 3:3 | Jesus answered and said to him, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. |
| 3:4 | Nicodemus saith 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, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] 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 | Marvel not that I said to thee, Ye must be born again. |
| 3:8 | The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the sound of it, but canst not tell where it cometh from, and where it goeth: so is every one that 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, Art thou a teacher of Israel, and knowest not these things? |
| 3:11 | Verily, verily, I say to thee, We speak what we know, and testify what we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. |
| 3:12 | If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you heavenly things? |
| 3:13 | And no man hath ascended to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, [even] the Son of man who is in heaven. |
| 3:14 | And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: |
| 3:15 | That whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. |
| 3:16 | For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. |
| 3:17 | For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him may be saved. |
| 3:18 | 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. |
| 3:19 | And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. |
| 3:20 | For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. |
| 3:21 | But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. |
| 3:22 | After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. |
| 3:23 | And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. |
| 3:24 | For John was not yet cast into prison. |
| 3:25 | Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. |
| 3:26 | And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him. |
| 3:27 | John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. |
| 3:28 | Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. |
| 3:29 | He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. |
| 3:30 | He must increase, but I [must] decrease. |
| 3:31 | 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. |
| 3:32 | And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. |
| 3:33 | He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. |
| 3:34 | For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for [to him] God giveth not the Spirit by measure. |
| 3:35 | The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. |
| 3:36 | 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. |
Yohanes 3 - Revised Webster Version
