John 3 (NET2)

1 Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council, 2 came to Jesus at night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus replied, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?” 5 Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must all be born from above.’ 8 The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” 9 Nicodemus replied, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things? 11 I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. 12 If I have told you people about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven – the Son of Man. 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.” 16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him. 18 The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. 19 Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. 20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed. 21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God. 22 After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing. 23 John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized. 24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.) 25 Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing. 26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified – see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!” 27 John replied, “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’ 29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. 30 He must become more important while I become less important.” 31 The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all. 32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful. 34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly. 35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority. 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.

In Other Versions

John 3 in the ANGEFD

John 3 in the ANTPNG2D

John 3 in the AS21

John 3 in the BAGH

John 3 in the BBPNG

John 3 in the BBT1E

John 3 in the BDS

John 3 in the BEV

John 3 in the BHAD

John 3 in the BIB

John 3 in the BLPT

John 3 in the BNT

John 3 in the BNTABOOT

John 3 in the BNTLV

John 3 in the BOATCB

John 3 in the BOATCB2

John 3 in the BOBCV

John 3 in the BOCNT

John 3 in the BOECS

John 3 in the BOGWICC

John 3 in the BOHCB

John 3 in the BOHCV

John 3 in the BOHLNT

John 3 in the BOHNTLTAL

John 3 in the BOICB

John 3 in the BOILNTAP

John 3 in the BOITCV

John 3 in the BOKCV

John 3 in the BOKCV2

John 3 in the BOKHWOG

John 3 in the BOKSSV

John 3 in the BOLCB

John 3 in the BOLCB2

John 3 in the BOMCV

John 3 in the BONAV

John 3 in the BONCB

John 3 in the BONLT

John 3 in the BONUT2

John 3 in the BOPLNT

John 3 in the BOSCB

John 3 in the BOSNC

John 3 in the BOTLNT

John 3 in the BOVCB

John 3 in the BOYCB

John 3 in the BPBB

John 3 in the BPH

John 3 in the BSB

John 3 in the CCB

John 3 in the CUV

John 3 in the CUVS

John 3 in the DBT

John 3 in the DGDNT

John 3 in the DHNT

John 3 in the DNT

John 3 in the ELBE

John 3 in the EMTV

John 3 in the ESV

John 3 in the FBV

John 3 in the FEB

John 3 in the GGMNT

John 3 in the GNT

John 3 in the HARY

John 3 in the HNT

John 3 in the IRVA

John 3 in the IRVB

John 3 in the IRVG

John 3 in the IRVH

John 3 in the IRVK

John 3 in the IRVM

John 3 in the IRVM2

John 3 in the IRVO

John 3 in the IRVP

John 3 in the IRVT

John 3 in the IRVT2

John 3 in the IRVU

John 3 in the ISVN

John 3 in the JSNT

John 3 in the KAPI

John 3 in the KBT1ETNIK

John 3 in the KBV

John 3 in the KJV

John 3 in the KNFD

John 3 in the LBA

John 3 in the LBLA

John 3 in the LNT

John 3 in the LSV

John 3 in the MAAL

John 3 in the MBV

John 3 in the MBV2

John 3 in the MHNT

John 3 in the MKNFD

John 3 in the MNG

John 3 in the MNT

John 3 in the MNT2

John 3 in the MRS1T

John 3 in the NAA

John 3 in the NASB

John 3 in the NBLA

John 3 in the NBS

John 3 in the NBVTP

John 3 in the NIV11

John 3 in the NNT

John 3 in the NNT2

John 3 in the NNT3

John 3 in the PDDPT

John 3 in the PFNT

John 3 in the RMNT

John 3 in the SBIAS

John 3 in the SBIBS

John 3 in the SBIBS2

John 3 in the SBICS

John 3 in the SBIDS

John 3 in the SBIGS

John 3 in the SBIHS

John 3 in the SBIIS

John 3 in the SBIIS2

John 3 in the SBIIS3

John 3 in the SBIKS

John 3 in the SBIKS2

John 3 in the SBIMS

John 3 in the SBIOS

John 3 in the SBIPS

John 3 in the SBISS

John 3 in the SBITS

John 3 in the SBITS2

John 3 in the SBITS3

John 3 in the SBITS4

John 3 in the SBIUS

John 3 in the SBIVS

John 3 in the SBT

John 3 in the SBT1E

John 3 in the SCHL

John 3 in the SNT

John 3 in the SUSU

John 3 in the SUSU2

John 3 in the SYNO

John 3 in the TBIAOTANT

John 3 in the TBT1E

John 3 in the TBT1E2

John 3 in the TFTIP

John 3 in the TFTU

John 3 in the TGNTATF3T

John 3 in the THAI

John 3 in the TNFD

John 3 in the TNT

John 3 in the TNTIK

John 3 in the TNTIL

John 3 in the TNTIN

John 3 in the TNTIP

John 3 in the TNTIZ

John 3 in the TOMA

John 3 in the TTENT

John 3 in the UBG

John 3 in the UGV

John 3 in the UGV2

John 3 in the UGV3

John 3 in the VBL

John 3 in the VDCC

John 3 in the YALU

John 3 in the YAPE

John 3 in the YBVTP

John 3 in the ZBP