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3:1 And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus by name, a prince of the Jews. 3:2 And he came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know, that thou art come from God a master [Rabbi, we know, for of God thou hast come a master]; for no man may do these signs, that thou doest, but God be with him. 3:3 Jesus answered, and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, but a man be born again, he may not see the kingdom of God. 3:4 Nicodemus said to him [Nicodemus saith to him], How may a man be born, when he is old? whether he may enter again into his mother's womb, and be born again? 3:5 Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to thee, but a man be born again of water, and of the Holy Ghost, he may not enter into the kingdom of God. 3:6 That that is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that that is born of the Spirit, is spirit. 3:7 Wonder thou not, for I said to thee, It behooveth you to be born again. 3:8 The Spirit breatheth where he will, and thou hearest his voice, but thou knowest not, from whence he cometh, nor whither he goeth; so is each man that is born of the Spirit. 3:9 Nicodemus answered, and said to him, How may these things be done [How be these things able to be done]? 3:10 Jesus answered, and said to him, Thou art a master in Israel, and knowest not these things? [Jesus answered, and said to him, Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things?] 3:11 Truly, truly, I say to thee, for we speak that that we know, and we witness that that we have seen, and ye take not our witnessing. 3:12 If I have said to you earthly things, and ye believe not, how if I say to you heavenly things, shall ye believe? 3:13 And no man ascendeth [up] into heaven, but he that came down from heaven, man's Son that is in heaven. [And no man ascendeth into heaven, no but he that came down from heaven, the Son of man which is in heaven.] 3:14 And as Moses areared a serpent in desert [And as Moses reared up a serpent in desert], so it behooveth man's Son to be raised [up], 3:15 that each man that believeth in him, perish not, but have everlasting life. 3:16 For God loved so the world [Forsooth God so loved the world], that he gave his one begotten Son, that each man that believeth in him perish not, but have everlasting life. 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world, that he judge the world, but that the world be saved by him. 3:18 He that believeth in him, is not deemed; but he that believeth not, is now deemed [He that believeth into him is not deemed, or condemned ; forsooth he that believeth not, is now condemned], for he believeth not in the name of the one begotten Son of God. 3:19 And this is the doom, for light came into the world, and men loved more darknesses than light; for their works were evil. 3:20 For each man that doeth evil, hateth the light; and he cometh not to the light [and cometh not to the light], that his works be not reproved. 3:21 But he that doeth truth, cometh to the light, that his works be showed, that they be done in God. 3:22 After these things Jesus came, and his disciples, into the land of Judaea, and there he dwelled with them, and baptized [and baptized, or christened ]. 3:23 And John was baptizing in Aenon, beside Salim, for many waters were there; and they came, and were baptized. 3:24 And John was not yet sent into prison. 3:25 Therefore a question was made of John's disciples with the Jews, of the purification [of the purification, or cleansing ]. 3:26 And they came to John, and said to him, Master [Rabbi, or Master ], he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witnessing, lo! he baptizeth, and all men come to him. 3:27 John answered, and said, A man may not take any thing, but it be given to him from heaven. 3:28 Ye yourselves bear witnessing to me, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him. 3:29 He that hath a wife, is the husband [ a ] ; but the friend of the spouse that standeth, and heareth him, joyeth with joy, for the voice of the spouse. Therefore in this thing my joy is fulfilled. 3:30 It behooveth him to wax, but me to be made less. [It behooveth him to wax, forsooth me to be diminished, or made less .] 3:31 He that came from above, is above all; he that is of the earth, speaketh of the earth; he that cometh from heaven, is above all. 3:32 And he witnesseth that thing that he hath seen, and heard [And this thing that he saw and heard, he witnesseth], and no man taketh his witnessing. 3:33 But he that taketh his witnessing, hath confirmed that God is soothfast. [Forsooth he that hath taken his witnessing, hath marked that God is soothfast.] 3:34 But he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for not to measure God giveth the Spirit. 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and he hath given all things into his hand. 3:36 He that believeth in the Son, hath everlasting life; but he that is unbelieveful to the Son, shall not see everlasting life, but the wrath of God dwelleth on him.