John 3:1-5 ▼

1 Now there was a man from the Pharisees, a leader of the Jews, whose name was Nicodemus.

2 He came to Jesus at night and told him, |Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, because no one can perform these signs that you are doing unless God is with him.|

3 Jesus replied to him, |Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born from above he cannot see the kingdom of God.|

4 Nicodemus asked him, |How can a person be born when he is old? He can't go back into his mother's womb a second time and be born, can he?|

5 Jesus answered, |Truly, I tell you emphatically, unless a person is born of water and Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God.