002:025 and did not need any one's testimony concerning a man,
for He of Himself knew what was in the man.
003:001 Now there was one of the Pharisees whose name was Nicodemus—
a ruler among the Jews.
003:002 He came to Jesus by night and said, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher from God; for no one can do these miracles which you are doing, unless God is with him.
003:003 "In most solemn truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "that unless a man is born anew he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
003:004 "How is it possible," Nicodemus asked, "for a man to be born
when he is old? Can he a second time enter his mother's womb
and be born?"
003:005 "In most solemn truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "that unless
a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter
the Kingdom of God.
003:006 Whatever has been born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever
has been born of the Spirit is spirit.
003:007 Do not be astonished at my telling you, `You must all
be born anew.'
003:008 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So is it with every one who has been born of the Spirit."
003:009 "How is all this possible?" asked Nicodemus.