John 3:9

World English Bible (2000)

Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"

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  • John 6:52 : 52 The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
  • John 6:60 : 60 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"
  • Luke 1:34 : 34 Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"
  • Isa 42:16 : 16 I will bring the blind by a way that they don't know. I will lead them in paths that they don't know. I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. I will do these things, and I will not forsake them.
  • Mark 8:24-25 : 24 He looked up, and said, "I see men; for I see them like trees walking." 25 Then again he laid his hands on his eyes. He looked intently, and was restored, and saw everyone clearly.
  • John 3:4 : 4 Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
  • Prov 4:18 : 18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.

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    1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

    2 The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."

    3 Jesus answered him, "Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."

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

    5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!

    6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

    7 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'

    8 The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don't know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

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    10 Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things?

    11 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.

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    13 No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

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    50 Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,

    51 "Does our law judge a man, unless it first hears from him personally and knows what he does?"

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    26 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."

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    33 If this man were not from God, he could do nothing."

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