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1. There was a man named Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees. He was an important Jewish leader.
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1. There G1161 was G2258 a man G444 of G1537 the G3588 Pharisees G5330 , named G3686 Nicodemus G3530 , a ruler G758 of the G3588 Jews G2453 :
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2. One night he came to Jesus and said, "Teacher, we know that you are a teacher sent from God. No one can do these miraculous signs that you do unless they have God's help."
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2. The same G3778 came G2064 to G4314 Jesus G2424 by night G3571 , and G2532 said G2036 unto him G846 , Rabbi G4461 , we know G1492 that G3754 thou art a teacher G1320 come G2064 from G575 God G2316 : for G1063 no man G3762 can G1410 do G4160 these G5023 miracles G4592 that G3739 thou G4771 doest G4160 , except G3362 God G2316 be G5600 with G3326 him G846 .
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3. Jesus answered, "I assure you, everyone must be born again. Anyone who is not born again cannot be in God's kingdom. "
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3. Jesus G2424 answered G611 and G2532 said G2036 unto him G846 , Verily G281 , verily G281 , I say G3004 unto thee G4671 , Except G3362 a man G5100 be born G1080 again G509 , he cannot G1410 G3756 see G1492 the G3588 kingdom G932 of God G2316 .
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4. Nicodemus said, "How can a man who is already old be born again? Can he go back into his mother's womb and be born a second time?"
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4. Nicodemus G3530 saith G3004 unto G4314 him G846 , How G4459 can G1410 a man G444 be born G1080 when he is G5607 old G1088 ? can G1410 he G3361 enter G1525 the second time G1208 into G1519 his G848 mother G3384 's womb G2836 , and G2532 be born G1080 ?
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5. Jesus answered, "Believe me when I say that everyone must be born from water and the Spirit. Anyone who is not born from water and the Spirit cannot enter God's kingdom.
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5. Jesus G2424 answered G611 , Verily G281 , verily G281 , I say G3004 unto thee G4671 , Except G3362 a man G5100 be born G1080 of G1537 water G5204 and G2532 of the Spirit G4151 , he cannot G1410 G3756 enter G1525 into G1519 the G3588 kingdom G932 of God G2316 .
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6. The only life people get from their human parents is physical. But the new life that the Spirit gives a person is spiritual.
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6. That which is born G1080 of G1537 the G3588 flesh G4561 is G2076 flesh G4561 ; and G2532 that which is born G1080 of G1537 the G3588 Spirit G4151 is G2076 spirit G4151 .
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7. Don't be surprised that I told you, 'You must be born again.'
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7. Marvel G2296 not G3361 that G3754 I said G2036 unto thee G4671 , Ye G5209 must G1163 be born G1080 again G509 .
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8. The wind blows wherever it wants to. You hear it, but you don't know where it is coming from or where it is going. It is the same with everyone who is born from the Spirit."
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8. The G3588 wind G4151 bloweth G4154 where G3699 it listeth G2309 , and G2532 thou hearest G191 the G3588 sound G5456 thereof G846 , but G235 canst not tell G1492 G3756 whence G4159 it cometh G2064 , and G2532 whither G4226 it goeth G5217 : so G3779 is G2076 every one G3956 that is born G1080 of G1537 the G3588 Spirit G4151 .
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9. Nicodemus asked, "How is all this possible?"
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9. Nicodemus G3530 answered G611 and G2532 said G2036 unto him G846 , How G4459 can G1410 these things G5023 be G1096 ?
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10. Jesus said, "You are an important teacher of Israel, and you still don't understand these things?
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10. Jesus G2424 answered G611 and G2532 said G2036 unto him G846 , Art G1488 thou G4771 a master G1320 of Israel G2474 , and G2532 knowest G1097 not G3756 these things G5023 ?
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11. The truth is, we talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you people don't accept what we tell you.
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11. Verily G281 , verily G281 , I say G3004 unto thee G4671 , We G3754 speak G2980 that G3739 we do know G1492 , and G2532 testify G3140 that G3739 we have seen G3708 ; and G2532 ye receive G2983 not G3756 our G2257 witness G3141 .
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12. I have told you about things here on earth, but you do not believe me. So I'm sure you will not believe me if I tell you about heavenly things!
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12. If G1487 I have told G2036 you G5213 earthly things G1919 , and G2532 ye believe G4100 not G3756 , how G4459 shall ye believe G4100 , if G1437 I tell G2036 you G5213 of heavenly things G2032 ?
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13. The only one who has ever gone up to heaven is the one who came down from heaven�the Son of Man.
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13. And G2532 no man G3762 hath ascended up G305 to G1519 heaven G3772 , but G1508 he that came down G2597 from G1537 heaven G3772 , even the G3588 Son G5207 of man G444 which is G5607 in G1722 heaven G3772 .
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14. "Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. It is the same with the Son of Man. He must be lifted up too.
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14. And G2532 as G2531 Moses G3475 lifted up G5312 the G3588 serpent G3789 in G1722 the G3588 wilderness G2048 , even so G3779 must G1163 the G3588 Son G5207 of man G444 be lifted up G5312 :
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15. Then everyone who believes in him can have eternal life."
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15. That G2443 whosoever G3956 believeth G4100 in G1519 him G846 should not G3361 perish G622 , but G235 have G2192 eternal G166 life G2222 .
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16. Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.
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16. For G1063 God G2316 so G3779 loved G25 the G3588 world G2889 , that G5620 he gave G1325 his G848 only begotten G3439 Son G5207 , that G2443 whosoever G3956 believeth G4100 in G1519 him G846 should not G3361 perish G622 , but G235 have G2192 everlasting G166 life G2222 .
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17. God sent his Son into the world. He did not send him to judge the world guilty, but to save the world through him.
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17. For G1063 God G2316 sent G649 not G3756 his G848 Son G5207 into G1519 the G3588 world G2889 to G2443 condemn G2919 the G3588 world G2889 ; but G235 that G2443 the G3588 world G2889 through G1223 him G846 might be saved G4982 .
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18. People who believe in God's Son are not judged guilty. But people who do not believe are already judged, because they have not believed in God's only Son.
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18. He that believeth G4100 on G1519 him G846 is not G3756 condemned G2919 : but G1161 he that believeth G4100 not G3361 is condemned G2919 already G2235 , because G3754 he hath not G3361 believed G4100 in G1519 the G3588 name G3686 of the G3588 only begotten G3439 Son G5207 of God G2316 .
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19. They are judged by this fact: The light has come into the world. But they did not want light. They wanted darkness, because they were doing evil things.
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19. And G1161 this G3778 is G2076 the G3588 condemnation G2920 , that G3754 light G5457 is come G2064 into G1519 the G3588 world G2889 , and G2532 men G444 loved G25 darkness G4655 rather G3123 than G2228 light G5457 , because G1063 their G846 deeds G2041 were G2258 evil G4190 .
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20. Everyone who does evil hates the light. They will not come to the light, because the light will show all the bad things they have done.
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20. For G1063 every one G3956 that doeth G4238 evil G5337 hateth G3404 the G3588 light G5457 , neither G2532 G3756 cometh G2064 to G4314 the G3588 light G5457 , lest G3363 his G846 deeds G2041 should be reproved G1651 .
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21. But anyone who follows the true way comes to the light. Then the light will show that whatever they have done was done through God.
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21. But G1161 he that doeth G4160 truth G225 cometh G2064 to G4314 the G3588 light G5457 , that G2443 his G846 deeds G2041 may be made manifest G5319 , that G3754 they are G2076 wrought G2038 in G1722 God G2316 .
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22. After this, Jesus and his followers went into the area of Judea. There he stayed with his followers and baptized people.
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22. After G3326 these things G5023 came G2064 Jesus G2424 and G2532 his G846 disciples G3101 into G1519 the G3588 land G1093 of Judea G2449 ; and G2532 there G1563 he tarried G1304 with G3326 them G846 , and G2532 baptized G907 .
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23. John was also baptizing people in Aenon, a place near Salim with plenty of water. People were going there to be baptized.
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23. And G1161 John G2491 also G2532 was G2258 baptizing G907 in G1722 Aenon G137 near to G1451 Salim G4530 , because G3754 there was G2258 much G4183 water G5204 there G1563 : and G2532 they came G3854 , and G2532 were baptized G907 .
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24. This was before John was put in prison.
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24. For G1063 John G2491 was G2258 not yet G3768 cast G906 into G1519 prison G5438 .
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25. Some of John's followers had an argument with another Jew about religious washing.
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25. Then G3767 there arose G1096 a question G2214 between some of G1537 John G2491 's disciples G3101 and G3326 the Jews G2453 about G4012 purifying G2512 .
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26. Then they came to John and said, "Teacher, remember the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River? He is the one you were telling everyone about. He is also baptizing people, and many are going to him."
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26. And G2532 they came G2064 unto G4314 John G2491 , and G2532 said G2036 unto him G846 , Rabbi G4461 , he that G3739 was G2258 with G3326 thee G4675 beyond G4008 Jordan G2446 , to whom G3739 thou G4771 barest witness G3140 , behold G2396 , the same G3778 baptizeth G907 , and G2532 all G3956 men come G2064 to G4314 him G846 .
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27. John answered, "A person can receive only what God gives.
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27. John G2491 answered G611 and G2532 said G2036 , A man G444 can G1410 G3756 receive G2983 nothing G3762 , except G3362 it be G5600 given G1325 him G846 from G1537 heaven G3772 .
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28. You yourselves heard me say, 'I am not the Christ. I am only the one God sent to prepare the way for him.'
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28. Ye G5210 yourselves G846 bear me witness G3140 G3427 , that G3754 I said G2036 , I G1473 am G1510 not G3756 the G3588 Christ G5547 , but G235 that G3754 I am G1510 sent G649 before G1715 him G1565 .
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29. The bride always belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who helps the bridegroom just waits and listens. He is happy just to hear the bridegroom talk. That's how I feel now. I am so happy that he is here.
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29. He that hath G2192 the G3588 bride G3565 is G2076 the bridegroom G3566 : but G1161 the G3588 friend G5384 of the G3588 bridegroom G3566 , which standeth G2476 and G2532 heareth G191 him G846 , rejoiceth G5463 greatly G5479 because G1223 of the G3588 bridegroom G3566 's voice G5456 : this G3778 my G1699 joy G5479 therefore G3767 is fulfilled G4137 .
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30. He must become more and more important, and I must become less important.
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30. He G1565 must G1163 increase G837 , but G1161 I G1691 must decrease G1642 .
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31. "The one who comes from above is greater than all others. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth. He talks about things that are on the earth. But the one who comes from heaven is greater than all others.
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31. He that cometh G2064 from above G509 is G2076 above G1883 all G3956 : he that is G5607 of G1537 the G3588 earth G1093 is G2076 earthly G1537 G1093 , and G2532 speaketh G2980 of G1537 the G3588 earth G1093 : he that cometh G2064 from G1537 heaven G3772 is G2076 above G1883 all G3956 .
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32. He tells what he has seen and heard, but people don't accept what he says.
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32. And G2532 what G3739 he hath seen G3708 and G2532 heard G191 , that G5124 he testifieth G3140 ; and G2532 no man G3762 receiveth G2983 his G846 testimony G3141 .
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33. Whoever accepts what he says has given proof that God speaks the truth.
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33. He that hath received G2983 his G846 testimony G3141 hath set to his seal G4972 that G3754 God G2316 is G2076 true G227 .
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34. God sent him, and he tells people what God says. God gives him the Spirit fully.
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34. For G1063 he whom G3739 God G2316 hath sent G649 speaketh G2980 the G3588 words G4487 of God G2316 : for G1063 God G2316 giveth G1325 not G3756 the G3588 Spirit G4151 by G1537 measure G3358 unto him.
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35. The Father loves the Son and has given him power over everything.
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35. The G3588 Father G3962 loveth G25 the G3588 Son G5207 , and G2532 hath given G1325 all things G3956 into G1722 his G846 hand G5495 .
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36. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But those who do not obey the Son will never have that life. They cannot get away from God's anger."
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36. He that believeth G4100 on G1519 the G3588 Son G5207 hath G2192 everlasting G166 life G2222 : and G1161 he that believeth G544 not the G3588 Son G5207 shall not G3756 see G3700 life G2222 ; but G235 the G3588 wrath G3709 of God G2316 abideth G3306 on G1909 him G846 .
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