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3 1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.Jesus and Nicodemus Jn.3.1-21 (Jerusalem)Ἦν δὲ ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τῶν Φαρισαίων, Νικόδημος ὀνομα αὐτῷ, ἀρχων τῶν Ἰουδαίων·
2This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him." οὗτος ἦλθεν πρὸς αὐτὸν νυκτὸς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ῥαββί, οἰδαμεν ὅτι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ἐλήλυθας διδάσκαλος· οὐδεὶς γὰρ δύναται ταῦτα τὰ σημεῖα ποιεῖν ἂ σὺ ποιεῖς, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ ὁ θεὸς μετ' αὐτοῦ.
3Jesus answered him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God." ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἀνωθεν, οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
4Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?" λέγει πρὸς αὐτὸν Νικόδημος, Πῶς δύναται ἄνθρωπος γεννηθῆναι γέρων ὠν; μὴ δύναται εἰς τὴν κοιλίαν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δεύτερον εἰσελθεῖν καὶ γεννηθῆναὶ;
5Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.  ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς, Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι, ἐὰν μή τις γεννηθῇ ἐξ ὑδατος καὶ πνεύματος, οὐ δύναται εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ.
6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.  τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς σάρξ ἐστιν, καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν.
7Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'  μὴ θαυμάσῃς ὅτι εἶπόν σοι, Δεῖ ὑμᾶς γεννηθῆναι ἀνωθεν.
8The wind blows where it wills, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know whence it comes or whither it goes; so it is with every one who is born of the Spirit."  τὸ Πνεῦμα ὁπου θέλει πνεῖ, καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις, ἀλλ' οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἐρχεται καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει· οὑτως ἐστὶν πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος.
9Nicodemus said to him, "How can this be?"  ἀπεκρίθη Νικόδημος καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Πῶς δύναται ταῦτα γενέσθαὶ;
10Jesus answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand this?  ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Σὺ εἶ ὁ διδάσκαλος τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ταῦτα οὐ γινώσκεις;
11Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.  ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω σοι ὅτι ὃ οἰδαμεν λαλοῦμεν καὶ ὃ ἑωράκαμεν μαρτυροῦμεν, καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν ἡμῶν οὐ λαμβάνετε.
12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you heavenly things?  εἰ τὰ ἐπίγεια εἶπον ὑμῖν καὶ οὐ πιστεύετε, πῶς ἐὰν εἰπω ὑμῖν τὰ ἐπουράνια πιστεύσετὲ;
13No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man.  καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀναβέβηκεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβάς, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.
14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,  καὶ καθὼς Μωϋσῆς ὑψωσεν τὸν ὀφιν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὑτως ὑψωθῆναι δεῖ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου,
15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life." ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐν αὐτῷ ἐχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
16For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.  Οὑτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὡστε τὸν υἱὸν τὸν μονογενῆ ἐδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται ἀλλ' ἐχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον.
17For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.  οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλ' ἵνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος δῖ αὐτοῦ.
18He who believes in him is not condemned; he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.  ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ κρίνεται· ὁ δὲ μὴ πιστεύων ἠδη κέκριται, ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὸ ὀνομα τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ.
19And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.  αὑτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ κρίσις, ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον καὶ ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς, ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν πονηρὰ τὰ ἐργα.
20For every one who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. πᾶς γὰρ ὁ φαῦλα πράσσων μισεῖ τὸ φῶς καὶ οὐκ ἐρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα μὴ ἐλεγχθῇ τὰ ἐργα αὐτοῦ·
21But he who does what is true comes to the light, that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been wrought in God. ὁ δὲ ποιῶν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐρχεται πρὸς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα φανερωθῇ αὐτοῦ τὰ ἐργα ὅτι ἐν θεῷ ἐστιν εἰργασμένα.

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