Joh 3 | NASB1995 | STEP | Now there was a man of the Pharisees , named Nicodemus , a ruler of the Jews ;

John 3

The New Birth

1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named ^aNicodemus, a ^bruler of the Jews; 2 this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, ^c“Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these ^{▼▼ Or attesting miracles
,} ^esigns that You do unless ^fGod is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one ^gis born ^{▼▼ Or from above}again he cannot see ⁱthe kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of ^jwater and the Spirit he cannot enter into ^kthe kingdom of God. 6 ^l“That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 “Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born ^{▼▼ Or from above}again.’ 8 ⁿ“The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

9 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you ^othe teacher of Israel and do not understand these things? 11 “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^pwe speak of what we know and ^qtestify of what we have seen, and ^ryou do not accept our testimony. 12 “If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 ^s“No one has ascended into heaven, but ^tHe who descended from heaven: ^uthe Son of Man. 14 “As ^vMoses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must ^wthe Son of Man ^xbe lifted up; 15 so that whoever ^{▼▼ Or believes in Him will have eternal life}believes will ^zin Him have eternal life.

16 “For God so ^aaloved the world, that He ^abgave His ^{▼▼ Or unique, only one of His kind
,} ^adonly begotten Son, that whoever ^aebelieves in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 “For God ^afdid not send the Son into the world ^agto judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 ^ah“He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of ^aithe ^{▼▼ Or unique, only one of His kind}only begotten Son of God. 19 “This is the judgment, that ^akthe Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for ^altheir deeds were evil. 20 ^am“For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 “But he who ^anpractices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

John’s Last Testimony

22 After these things Jesus and His ^aodisciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and ^apbaptizing. 23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized— 24 for ^aqJohn had not yet been thrown into prison.

25 Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about ^arpurification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, ^as“Rabbi, He who was with you ^atbeyond the Jordan, to whom you ^auhave testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.” 27 John answered and said, ^av“A man can receive nothing unless it ^awhas been given him from heaven. 28 “You yourselves ^{▼▼ Lit testify for me}are my witnesses that I said, ‘ ^ayI am not the ^{▼▼ I.e. Messiah}Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ 29 “He who has the bride is ^bathe bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this ^bbjoy of mine has been made full. 30 “He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 ^bc“He who comes from above is above all, ^bdhe who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. ^beHe who comes from heaven is above all. 32 “What He has seen and heard, of that He ^bftestifies; and ^bgno one receives His testimony. 33 “He who has received His testimony ^bhhas set his seal to this, that God is true. 34 “For He whom God has ^bisent speaks the words of God; ^{▼▼ Lit because He does not give the Spirit by measure
,} ^bkfor He gives the Spirit without measure. 35 ^bl“The Father loves the Son and ^bmhas given all things into His hand. 36 “He who ^bnbelieves in the Son has eternal life; but he who ^bodoes not ^{▼▼ Or believe}obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”