1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2This man came to him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him. 3Yeshua answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4Nicodemus says to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? 5Yeshua answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. 6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7Do not marvel that I said to you, You must be born anew. 8The wind blows where it will, and you hear its voice, but do not know where it comes from, and where it goes: so is everyone who is born of the Spirit. 9Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? 10Yeshua answered and said to him, Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things? 11Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and you do not receive our witness. 12If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how shall you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13And no one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, even the Son of man, who is in heaven. 14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; 15that everyone believing may in him have eternal life. 16For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that everyone believing in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 17For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him. 18The one believing in him is not judged: the one not believing has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 19And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his works should be reproved. 21But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be made manifest, that they have been carried out in God. 22After these things Yeshua and his disciples came into the land of Judæa; and there he remained with them, and baptized. 23And John also was baptizing in Ænon near Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. 24For John had not yet been cast into prison. 25There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying. 26And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have borne witness, behold, he baptizes, and all men come to him. 27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven. 28You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Messiah, but, that I am sent before him. 29He 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: therefore this joy of mine is made full. 30He must increase, but I must decrease. 31He who comes from above is above all: he who is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaks: he who comes from heaven is above all. 32What he has seen and heard, of that he bears witness; and no man receives his witness. 33He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true. 34For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for he does not give the Spirit by measure. 35The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. 36The one believing in the Son has eternal life; but the one disobeying the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.