<vn='1'><sn="*1161">There</s><sn="2258">was</s> a <sn="444">man</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5330">Pharisees</s>, <sn="3686">named</s><sn="3530">Nicodemus</s>, a <sn="758">ruler</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2453">Jews</s>: </v>
<vn='2'>The <sn="3778">same</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s> by <sn="3571">night</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="4461">Rabbi</s>, we <sn="1492">know</s><sn="3754">that</s> thou art a <sn="1320">teacher</s><sn="2064">come</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> no <sn="3762">man</s><sn="1410">can</s><sn="4160">do</s><sn="5023">these</s><sn="4592">miracles</s><sn="3739">that</s><sn="4771">thou</s><sn="4160">doest</s>, <sn="3362">except</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="5600">be</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="611">answered</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="281">Verily</s>, <sn="281">verily</s>, I <sn="3004">say</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="3362">Except</s> a <sn="5100">man</s> be <sn="1080">born</s><sn="509">again</s>, he <sn="1410">can</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1492">see</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3530">Nicodemus</s><sn="3004">saith</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="4459">How</s><sn="1410">can</s> a <sn="444">man</s> be <sn="1080">born</s> when he <sn="5607">is</s><sn="1088">old</s>? <sn="1410">can</s><sn="*3361">he</s><sn="1525">enter</s> the second <sn="1208">time</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3384">mother</s> 's <sn="2836">womb</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> be <sn="1080">born</s>? </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="611">answered</s>, <sn="281">Verily</s>, <sn="281">verily</s>, I <sn="3004">say</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="3362">Except</s> a <sn="5100">man</s> be <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="5204">water</s><sn="2532">and</s><i> of </i> the <sn="4151">Spirit</s>, he <sn="1410">can</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1525">enter</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='6'> That which is <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4561">flesh</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="4561">flesh</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> that which is <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="4151">spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2296">Marvel</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="3754">that</s> I <sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="5209">Ye</s><sn="1163">must</s> be <sn="1080">born</s><sn="509">again</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="4151">wind</s><sn="4154">bloweth</s><sn="3699">where</s> it <sn="2309">listeth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> thou <sn="191">hearest</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5456">sound</s><sn="846">thereof</s>, <sn="235">but</s> canst not <sn="1492 3756">tell</s><sn="4159">whence</s> it <sn="2064">cometh</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4226">whither</s> it <sn="5217">goeth</s>: <sn="3779">so</s><sn="2076">is</s> every <sn="3956">one</s> that is <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3530">Nicodemus</s><sn="611">answered</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="4459">How</s><sn="1410">can</s> these <sn="5023">things</s><sn="1096">be</s>? </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="611">answered</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1488">Art</s><sn="4771">thou</s> a <sn="1320">master</s> of <sn="2474">Israel</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1097">knowest</s><sn="3756">not</s> these <sn="5023">things</s>? </v>
<vn='11'><sn="281">Verily</s>, <sn="281">verily</s>, I <sn="3004">say</s> unto <sn="4671">thee</s>, <sn="*3754">We</s><sn="2980">speak</s><sn="3739">that</s> we do <sn="1492">know</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3140">testify</s><sn="3739">that</s> we have <sn="3708">seen</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> ye <sn="2983">receive</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="3141">witness</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1487">If</s> I have <sn="2036">told</s><sn="5213">you</s> earthly <sn="1919">things</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> ye <sn="4100">believe</s><sn="3756">not</s>, <sn="4459">how</s> shall ye <sn="4100">believe</s>, <sn="1437">if</s> I <sn="2036">tell</s><sn="5213">you</s><i> of </i> heavenly <sn="2032">things</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2532">And</s> no <sn="3762">man</s> hath ascended <sn="305">up</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, <sn="1508">but</s> he that came <sn="2597">down</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, <i> even </i><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="444">man</s> which <sn="5607">is</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2531">as</s><sn="3475">Moses</s> lifted <sn="5312">up</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3789">serpent</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2048">wilderness</s>, even <sn="3779">so</s><sn="1163">must</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="444">man</s> be lifted <sn="5312">up</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2443">That</s><sn="3956">whosoever</s><sn="4100">believeth</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="846">him</s> should <sn="3361">not</s><sn="622">perish</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="166">eternal</s><sn="2222">life</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="25">loved</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="5620">that</s> he <sn="1325">gave</s><sn="848">his</s> only <sn="3439">begotten</s><sn="5207">Son</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="3956">whosoever</s><sn="4100">believeth</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="846">him</s> should <sn="3361">not</s><sn="622">perish</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2192">have</s><sn="166">everlasting</s><sn="2222">life</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="649">sent</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="5207">Son</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s><sn="2443">to</s><sn="2919">condemn</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="2443">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="846">him</s> might be <sn="4982">saved</s>. </v>
<vn='18'> He that <sn="4100">believeth</s><sn="1519">on</s><sn="846">him</s> is <sn="3756">not</s><sn="2919">condemned</s>: <sn="1161">but</s> he that <sn="4100">believeth</s><sn="3361">not</s> is <sn="2919">condemned</s><sn="2235">already</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> he hath <sn="3361">not</s><sn="4100">believed</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3686">name</s> of <sn="3588">the</s> only <sn="3439">begotten</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="3778">this</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2920">condemnation</s>, <sn="3754">that</s><sn="5457">light</s> is <sn="2064">come</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="444">men</s><sn="25">loved</s><sn="4655">darkness</s><sn="3123">rather</s><sn="2228">than</s><sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="1063">because</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="2041">deeds</s><sn="2258">were</s><sn="4190">evil</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1063">For</s> every <sn="3956">one</s> that <sn="4238">doeth</s><sn="5337">evil</s><sn="3404">hateth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="2532 3756">neither</s><sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="3363">lest</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="2041">deeds</s> should be <sn="1651">reproved</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="1161">But</s> he that <sn="4160">doeth</s><sn="225">truth</s><sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5457">light</s>, <sn="2443">that</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="2041">deeds</s> may be made <sn="5319">manifest</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> they <sn="2076">are</s><sn="2038">wrought</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3326">After</s> these <sn="5023">things</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3101">disciples</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">land</s> of <sn="2449">Judea</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1563">there</s> he <sn="1304">tarried</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">them</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="907">baptized</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="907">baptizing</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="137">Aenon</s> near <sn="1451">to</s><sn="4530">Salim</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> there <sn="2258">was</s><sn="4183">much</s><sn="5204">water</s><sn="1563">there</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="3854">came</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> were <sn="907">baptized</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="2258">was</s> not <sn="3768">yet</s><sn="906">cast</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="5438">prison</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="3767">Then</s> there <sn="1096">arose</s> a <sn="2214">question</s> between some <sn="1537">of</s><sn="2491">John</s> 's <sn="3101">disciples</s><sn="3326">and</s> the <sn="2453">Jews</s><sn="4012">about</s><sn="2512">purifying</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="2064">came</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="2491">John</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="4461">Rabbi</s>, he <sn="3739">that</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="4675">thee</s><sn="4008">beyond</s><sn="2446">Jordan</s>, to <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="4771">thou</s> barest <sn="3140">witness</s>, <sn="2396">behold</s>, the <sn="3778">same</s><sn="907">baptizeth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">all</s> men <sn="2064">come</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2491">John</s><sn="611">answered</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2036">said</s>, A <sn="444">man</s><sn="1410 *3756">can</s><sn="2983">receive</s><sn="3762">nothing</s>, <sn="3362">except</s> it <sn="5600">be</s><sn="1325">given</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="5210">Ye</s><sn="846">yourselves</s> bear me <sn="3140 3427">witness</s>, <sn="3754">that</s> I <sn="2036">said</s>, <sn="1473">I</s><sn="1510">am</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3754">that</s> I <sn="1510">am</s><sn="649">sent</s><sn="1715">before</s><sn="1565">him</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>He that <sn="2192">hath</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3565">bride</s><sn="2076">is</s> the <sn="3566">bridegroom</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5384">friend</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3566">bridegroom</s>, which <sn="2476">standeth</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="191">heareth</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="5463">rejoiceth</s><sn="5479">greatly</s><sn="1223">because</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3566">bridegroom</s> 's <sn="5456">voice</s>: <sn="3778">this</s><sn="1699">my</s><sn="5479">joy</s><sn="3767">therefore</s> is <sn="4137">fulfilled</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="1565">He</s><sn="1163">must</s><sn="837">increase</s>, <sn="1161">but</s><sn="1691">I</s> must <sn="1642">decrease</s>. </v>
<vn='31'>He that <sn="2064">cometh</s> from <sn="509">above</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1883">above</s><sn="3956">all</s>: he that <sn="5607">is</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1537 1093">earthly</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2980">speaketh</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1093">earth</s>: he that <sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1883">above</s><sn="3956">all</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3739">what</s> he hath <sn="3708">seen</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="191">heard</s>, <sn="5124">that</s> he <sn="3140">testifieth</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> no <sn="3762">man</s><sn="2983">receiveth</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3141">testimony</s>. </v>
<vn='33'>He that hath <sn="2983">received</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="3141">testimony</s> hath set to his <sn="4972">seal</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="227">true</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="1063">For</s> he <sn="3739">whom</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="649">sent</s><sn="2980">speaketh</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4487">words</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1325">giveth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="1537">by</s><sn="3358">measure</s> unto him. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="3588">The</s><sn="3962">Father</s><sn="25">loveth</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> hath <sn="1325">given</s> all <sn="3956">things</s><sn="1722">into</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="5495">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>He that <sn="4100">believeth</s><sn="1519">on</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="166">everlasting</s><sn="2222">life</s>: <sn="1161">and</s> he that <sn="544">believeth</s> not <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> shall <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3700">see</s><sn="2222">life</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3709">wrath</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="3306">abideth</s><sn="1909">on</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>