John 3:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 19:39 : 39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.
  • Luke 23:13 : 13 And Pilate sent for the chief priests and the rulers and the people, and said to them,
  • John 3:10 : 10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

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  • John 3:2-13
    12 verses
    86%

    2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

    3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

    4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?

    5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

    6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

    7 Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

    8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.

    9 And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

    10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

    11 Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

    12 If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

    13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

  • John 7:50-51
    2 verses
    84%

    50 Nicodemus--he who had come to Jesus before, being himself one of them--said to them,

    51 Is a man judged by our law before it has given him a hearing and has knowledge of what he has done?

  • John 1:6
    72%

    6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • John 19:39
    71%

    39 And Nicodemus came (he who had first come to Jesus by night) with a roll of myrrh and aloes mixed, about a hundred pounds.

  • John 3:26
    70%

    26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

  • John 4:1
    70%

    1 Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

  • John 7:48
    69%

    48 Have any of the rulers belief in him, or any one of the Pharisees?

  • John 3:22
    69%

    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • John 3:31
    69%

    31 He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

  • John 9:13
    68%

    13 They took him before the Pharisees--this man who had been blind.

  • John 1:45-51
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    68%

    45 Philip came across Nathanael and said to him, We have made a discovery! It is he of whom Moses, in the law, and the prophets were writing, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

    46 Nazareth! said Nathanael, Is it possible for any good to come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see.

    47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, See, here is a true son of Israel in whom there is nothing false.

    48 Nathanael said to him, Where did you get knowledge of me? In answer Jesus said, Before Philip was talking with you, while you were still under the fig-tree, I saw you.

    49 Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are King of Israel!

    50 In answer Jesus said to him, You have faith because I said to you, I saw you under the fig-tree. You will see greater things than these.

    51 And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.

  • Matt 27:57
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    57 And in the evening, there came a man of wealth from Arimathaea, Joseph by name, who was a disciple of Jesus:

  • John 1:13
    68%

    13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

  • Matt 3:13
    68%

    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

  • Matt 3:1
    68%

    1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

  • Matt 15:1
    68%

    1 Then there came to Jesus from Jerusalem Pharisees and scribes, saying,

  • John 8:13
    67%

    13 So the Pharisees said to him, The witness you give is about yourself: your witness is not true.

  • John 9:1
    67%

    1 And when he went on his way, he saw a man blind from birth.

  • John 1:9
    67%

    9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

  • Luke 19:2
    67%

    2 A man, named Zacchaeus, who was the chief tax-farmer, and a man of wealth,

  • John 6:25
    67%

    25 And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?

  • John 8:23
    67%

    23 And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • Mark 1:9
    67%

    9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

  • John 1:24
    67%

    24 Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.

  • Matt 2:1
    66%

    1 Now when the birth of Jesus took place in Beth-lehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,

  • John 9:33
    66%

    33 If this man did not come from God he would be unable to do anything.

  • John 10:1
    66%

    1 Truly I say to you, He who does not go through the door into the place where the sheep are kept, but gets in by some other way, is a thief and an outlaw.

  • Mark 7:1
    66%

    1 And there came together to him the Pharisees and certain of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem,

  • Luke 18:18
    66%

    18 And a certain ruler put a question to him, saying, Good Master, what have I to do so that I may have eternal life?

  • John 4:46
    66%

    46 So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

  • John 1:19
    66%

    19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

  • John 11:47
    66%

    47 Then the high priests and the Pharisees had a meeting and said, What are we doing? This man is doing a number of signs.