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John 3

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 There was a man among the P'rushim, named Nakdimon, who was a ruler of the Judeans.

2 This man came to Yeshua by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know it is from God that you have come as a teacher; for no one can do these miracles you perform unless God is with him."

3 "Yes, indeed," Yeshua answered him, "I tell you that unless a person is born again from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

4 Nakdimon said to him, "How can a grown man be `born'? Can he go back into his mother's womb and be born a second time?"

5 Yeshua answered, "Yes, indeed, I tell you that unless a person is born from water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

6 What is born from the flesh is flesh, and what is born from the Spirit is spirit. Stop being amazed at my telling you that you must be born again

7 from above!

8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it's going. That's how it is with everyone who has been born from the Spirit."

9 Nakdimon replied, "How can this happen?"

10 Yeshua answered him, "You hold the office of teacher in Isra'el, and you don't know this?

11 Yes, indeed! I tell you that what we speak about, we know; and what we give evidence of, we have seen; but you people don't accept our evidence!

12 If you people don't believe me when I tell you about the things of the world, how will you believe me when I tell you about the things of heaven?

13 No one has gone up into heaven; there is only the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.

14 Just as Moshe lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

15 so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life.

16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only and unique Son, so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life, instead of being utterly destroyed.

17 For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but rather so that through him, the world might be saved.

18 Those who trust in him are not judged; those who do not trust have been judged already, in that they have not trusted in the one who is God's only and unique Son.

19 "Now this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, but people loved the darkness rather than the light. Why? Because their actions were wicked.

20 For everyone who does evil things hates the light and avoids it, so that his actions won't be exposed.

21 But everyone who does what is true comes to the light, so that all may see that his actions are accomplished through God."

22 After this, Yeshua and his talmidim went out into the countryside of Y'hudah, where he stayed awhile with them and immersed people.

23 Yochanan too was immersing at Einayim, near Shalem, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to be immersed.

24 (This was before Yochanan's imprisonment.)

25 A discussion arose between some of Yochanan's talmidim and a Judean about ceremonial washing;

26 and they came to Yochanan and said to him, "Rabbi, you know the man who was with you on the other side of the Yarden, the one you spoke about? Well, here he is, immersing; and everyone is going to him!"

27 Yochanan answered, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from Heaven.

28 You yourselves can confirm that I did not say I was the Messiah, but that I have been sent ahead of him.

29 The bridegroom is the one who has the bride; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands and listens to him, is overjoyed at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine is now complete.

30 He must become more important, while I become less important.

31 "He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the earth is from the earth and talks from an earthly point of view; he who comes from heaven is above all.

32 He testifies about what he has actually seen and heard, yet no one accepts what he says!

33 Whoever does accept what he says puts his seal on the fact that God is true,

34 because the one whom God sent speaks God's words. For God does not give him the Spirit in limited degree --

35 the Father loves the Son and has put everything in his hands.

36 Whoever trusts in the Son has eternal life. But whoever disobeys the Son will not see that life but remains subject to God's wrath."

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

7 Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.

9 And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

12 If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

14 As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

17 God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

18 The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

19 And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

20 The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

21 But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

23 Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.

24 For at this time John had not been put into prison.

25 Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.

26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

29 He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

30 He has to become greater while I become less.

31 He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

32 He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

33 He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

35 The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.