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Jesus Teaches Nicodemus

3Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a member of the Jewish
ruling council. 2He came to Jesus at night and said, "Rabbi, we know you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs you
are doing if God were not with him."

3In reply Jesus declared, "I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom
of God unless he is born again."

4"How can a man be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked. "Surely he cannot
enter a second time into his mother's womb to be born!"

5Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God
unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6Flesh gives birth to flesh, but
the Spirit gives birth to spirit. 7You should not be surprised at my saying,
'You must be born again.' 8The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its
sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So it is
with everyone born of the Spirit."

9"How can this be?" Nicodemus asked. 10"You are Israel's teacher," said Jesus,
"and do you not understand these things? 11I tell you the truth, we speak of
what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, but still you people do not
accept our testimony. 12I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not
believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? 13No one has
ever gone into heaven except the one who came from heaven-the Son of Man. 14Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted
up, 15that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

16"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever
believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17For God did not send
his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands
condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. 19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but men loved darkness
instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20Everyone who does evil hates
the light, and will not come into the light for fear that his deeds will be
exposed. 21But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may
be seen plainly that what he has done has been done through God."

John the Baptist's Testimony About Jesus

22After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside,
where he spent some time with them, and baptized. 23Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized. 24(This was before John was put in prison.) 25An argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. 26They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan-the one you testified about-well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him." 27To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. 28You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christn but am sent ahead of him.' 29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. 30He must become greater; I must become less.

 

The New International Version Bible is now available for Microsoft Reader. It features Microsoft's Clear Type format, which complements the clarity of the NIV, the world's most-loved translation. This NIV eBible takes advantage of all the MS Reader functions, including the ability to vary the color and size of the type, a search feature, links to all books, chapters, verses and footnotes, and the ability to personalize your copy with bookmarks, highlights, notes and even drawings.

Preface to The New International Version
Table of Weights and Measures

THE BOOKS OF
The Old Testament

Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi

THE BOOKS OF
The New Testament

Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation

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