John 3

NEW JERUSALEM	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 There was one of the Pharisees called Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews,	1 Now there was a man among the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
2 who came to Jesus by night and said, 'Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher; forno one could perform the signs that you do unless God were with him.'	2 He went to Jesus at night, and he said to him: “Rabbi, we know that you have arrived as a teacher from God. For no one would be able to accomplish these signs, which you accomplish, unless God were with him.”
3 Jesus answered: In al truth I tel you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born fromabove.	3 Jesus responded and said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”
4 Nicodemus said, 'How can anyone who is already old be born? Is it possible to go back into the wombagain and be born?'	4 Nicodemus said to him: “How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb to be reborn?”
5 Jesus replied: In al truth I tel you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born throughwater and the Spirit;	5 Jesus responded: “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.
6 what is born of human nature is human; what is born of the Spirit is spirit.	6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not be surprised when I say: You must be born from above.	7 You should not be amazed that I said to you: You must be born anew.
8 The wind blows where it pleases; you can hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from orwhere it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.	8 The Spirit inspires where he wills. And you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from, or where he is going. So it is with all who are born of the Spirit.”
9 'How is that possible?' asked Nicodemus.	9 Nicodemus responded and said to him, “How are these things able to be accomplished?”
10 Jesus replied, 'You are the Teacher of Israel, and you do not know these things!	10 Jesus responded and said to him: “You are a teacher in Israel, and you are ignorant of these things?
11 'In al truth I tel you, we speak only about what we know and witness only to what we have seen and yet you people reject our evidence.	11 Amen, amen, I say to you, that we speak about what we know, and we testify about what we have seen. But you do not accept our testimony.
12 If you do not believe me when I speak to you about earthly things, how wil you believe me when Ispeak to you about heavenly things?	12 If I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you have not believed, then how will you believe, if I will speak to you about heavenly things?
13 No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of man;	13 And no one has ascended to heaven, except the one who descended from heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
14 as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up	14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so also must the Son of man be lifted up,
15 so that everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.	15 so that whoever believes in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
16 For this is how God loved the world: he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him maynot perish but may have eternal life.	16 For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life.
17 For God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but so that through him the world might besaved.	17 For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.
18 No one who believes in him wil be judged; but whoever does not believe is judged already, becausethat person does not believe in the Name of God's only Son.	18 Whoever believes in him is not judged. But whoever does not believe is already judged, because he does not believe in the name of the only-begotten Son of God.
19 And the judgement is this: though the light has come into the world people have preferred darkness tothe light because their deeds were evil.	19 And this is the judgment: that the Light has come into the world, and men loved darkness more than light. For their works were evil.
20 And indeed, everybody who does wrong hates the light and avoids it, to prevent his actions from beingshown up;	20 For everyone who does evil hates the Light and does not go toward the Light, so that his works may not be corrected.
21 but whoever does the truth comes out into the light, so that what he is doing may plainly appear asdone in God.'	21 But whoever acts in truth goes toward the Light, so that his works may be manifested, because they have been accomplished in God.”
22 After this, Jesus went with his disciples into the Judaean countryside and stayed with them there andbaptised.	22 After these things, Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judea. And he was living there with them and baptizing.
23 John also was baptising at Aenon near Salim, where there was plenty of water, and people were goingthere and were being baptised.	23 Now John was also baptizing, at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water in that place. And they were arriving and being baptized.
24 For John had not yet been put in prison.	24 For John had not yet been cast into prison.
25 Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew about purification,	25 Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification.
26 so they went to John and said, 'Rabbi, the man who was with you on the far side of the Jordan, theman to whom you bore witness, is baptising now, and everyone is going to him.'	26 And they went to John and said to him: “Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you offered testimony: behold, he is baptizing and everyone is going to him.”
27 John replied: 'No one can have anything except what is given him from heaven.	27 John responded and said: “A man is not able to receive anything, unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 'You yourselves can bear me out. I said, "I am not the Christ; I am the one who has been sent to go infront of him."	28 You yourselves offer testimony for me that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ but that I have been sent before him.
29 'It is the bridegroom who has the bride; and yet the bridegroom's friend, who stands there and listensto him, is fil ed with joy at the bridegroom's voice. This is the joy I feel, and it is complete.	29 He who holds the bride is the groom. But the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to Him, rejoices joyfully at the voice of the groom. And so, this, my joy, has been fulfilled.
30 He must grow greater, I must grow less.	30 He must increase, while I must decrease.
31 He who comes from above is above al others; he who is of the earth is earthly himself and speaks inan earthly way. He who comes from heaven	31 He who comes from above, is above everything. He who is from below, is of the earth, and he speaks about the earth. He who comes from heaven is above everything.
32 bears witness to the things he has seen and heard, but his testimony is not accepted by anybody;	32 And what he has seen and heard, about this he testifies. And no one accepts his testimony.
33 though anyone who does accept his testimony is attesting that God is true,	33 Whoever has accepted his testimony has certified that God is truthful.
34 since he whom God has sent speaks God's own words, for God gives him the Spirit without reserve.	34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God. For God does not give the Spirit by measure.
35 The Father loves the Son and has entrusted everything to his hands.	35 The Father loves the Son, and he has given everything into his hand.
36 Anyone who believes in the Son has eternal life, but anyone who refuses to believe in the Son willnever see life: God's retribution hangs over him.'	36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. But whoever is unbelieving toward the Son shall not see life; instead the wrath of God remains upon him.”