John 3:4

Webster's Bible (1833)

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?"

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  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew,{The word translated "anew" here and in John 3:7 (anothen) also means "again" and "from above".} he can't see the Kingdom of God."
  • John 4:11-12 : 11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water? 12 Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his cattle?"
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 6:53 : 53 Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.
  • John 6:60 : 60 Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"
  • 1 Cor 1:18 : 18 For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.

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