John 3:9

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Nicodemus answered and said to Him, 'How can these things happen?

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  • John 6:52 : 52 Then the Jews argued sharply among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'
  • John 6:60 : 60 On hearing this, many of his disciples said, 'This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?'
  • Luke 1:34 : 34 Mary said to the angel, 'How can this be, since I have not been intimate with a man?'
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; along unfamiliar paths, I will guide them. I will turn darkness before them into light and make the rough places level. These are the things I will do, and I will not abandon them.
  • Mark 8:24-25 : 24 The man looked up and said, 'I see people, but they look like trees walking around.' 25 Again Jesus placed his hands on the man’s eyes, and he saw clearly. His sight was restored, and he saw everything distinctly.
  • John 3:4 : 4 Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born?'
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 The path of the righteous is like the morning light, shining brighter and brighter until the full day.

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    1There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

    2He came to Jesus at night and said to Him, 'Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs You do unless God is with him.'

    3Jesus answered him, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.'

    4Nicodemus said to Him, 'How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born?'

    5Jesus answered, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.'

    6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

    7Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

    8The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.

  • John 3:10-13
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    10Jesus replied, 'You are a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?

    11Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but you do not accept our testimony.

    12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

    13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

  • John 7:50-51
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    50Nicodemus, the one who had previously come to Him at night and who was one of them, said to them,

    51'Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he is doing?'

  • John 1:48-51
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    48Nathanael asked Him, 'How do you know me?' Jesus replied, 'Before Philip called you, while you were under the fig tree, I saw you.'

    49Nathanael responded, 'Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel!'

    50Jesus answered, 'Do you believe because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.'

    51Then He said, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.'

  • John 9:30
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    30The man answered, 'This is remarkable! You do not know where He is from, yet He opened my eyes!'

  • John 3:26-27
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    26So they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified—look, He is baptizing, and everyone is coming to Him.'

    27John replied, 'No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.'

  • John 1:13
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    13They were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

  • John 9:25-26
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    25He answered, 'Whether He is a sinner, I do not know. One thing I do know: I was blind, but now I see!'

    26Then they asked him, 'What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?'

  • John 9:10
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    10They asked him, 'Then how were your eyes opened?

  • John 9:36-37
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    36He answered, 'Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?'

    37Jesus said to him, 'You have seen Him, and it is He who is speaking with you.'

  • Luke 20:7
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    7So they answered that they did not know where it came from.

  • John 6:62
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    62Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before?

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    31The one who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is above all.

  • John 9:2-3
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    2His disciples asked Him, 'Teacher, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?'

    3Jesus answered, 'Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God might be revealed in him.'

  • John 9:19
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    19They asked them, 'Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? How then does he now see?'

  • John 8:23
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    23He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • John 9:21
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    21'But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is of age; he will speak for himself.'

  • John 9:33-34
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    33If this man were not from God, He would not be able to do anything.

    34They answered him, 'You were born entirely in sin, and you are teaching us?' And they threw him out.

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    42They said, 'Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?'.

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    22After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

  • Matt 3:13
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    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

  • John 1:46
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    46'Can anything good come out of Nazareth?' Nathanael asked. Philip said to him, 'Come and see.'

  • John 1:33
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    33I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'

  • John 8:14
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    14Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

  • John 18:34
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    34Jesus answered, 'Is that your own idea, or did others talk to you about me?'

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    12They asked him, 'Where is He?' He answered, 'I don’t know.'

  • John 1:25
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    25They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'

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    5Thomas said to him, 'Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?'

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    28Then they said to him, 'What must we do to perform the works of God?'

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    36What does He mean when He said, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”