5 Jesus answered, "Verily, verily, I say to you, except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God."

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Do not be surprised that I said to you, 'You must be born again.'

8 The Spirit breatheth where it will, and thou hearest its voice, but thou knowest not whence it cometh or whither it goeth: so it is with every one that is born of the Spirit.

9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, "How can this be?"

10 Jesus answered and said to him, 'You are a teacher of Israel, and do you not know this?'

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak of what we know, and bear witness of what we have seen, but ye receive not our testimony.

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

13 No man ascended into heaven except the Son of man who came down from heaven, which is in heaven.

14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up,

15 that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him.

18 He who believes in him is not judged, but he who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 But the judgment is that light has come into the world; but men loved darkness more than light, because their deeds were evil;

20 For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his deeds be exposed, because they are evil,

21 а поступающий по правде идет к свету, дабы явны были дела его, потому что они в Боге соделаны.

22 После сего пришел Иисус с учениками Своими в землю Иудейскую и там жил с ними и крестил.

23 А Иоанн также крестил в Еноне, близ Салима, потому что там было много воды; и приходили *туда* и крестились,

24 ибо Иоанн еще не был заключен в темницу.

25 Тогда у Иоанновых учеников произошел спор с Иудеями об очищении.