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John 3:3-11 Young's Literal Translation Of The Holy Bible (YLT98)

3. Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

4. Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

5. Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

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

7. `Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;

8. the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'

9. Nicodemus answered and said to him, `How are these things able to happen?'

10. Jesus answered and said to him, `Thou art the teacher of Israel--and these things thou dost not know!

11. `Verily, verily, I say to thee--What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;

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