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John 3:3-7
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3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born from above,[a] he is not able to see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is an old man? He is not able to enter into his mother’s womb for the second time and be born, can he?”[b]

5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly I say to you, unless someone is born of water and spirit, he is not able to enter into 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 astonished that I said to you, ‘It is necessary for you to be born from above.’[c]

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:3 The same Greek word can mean either “from above” or “again,” which allows for the misunderstanding by Nicodemus here; Jesus was speaking of new birth “from above,” while Nicodemus misunderstood him to mean a second physical birth
  2. John 3:4 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “can he”
  3. John 3:7 The same Greek word can mean either “from above” or “again” (see also v. 3)
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