The wind blows wherever it wants.

Just as you can hear the wind

but can’t tell where it comes from

or where it is going,

so you can’t explain

how people are born of the Spirit.”

John 3:8

Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth,

unless you are born again,

you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

“What do you mean?”

exclaimed Nicodemus,

“How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb

and be born again?”

Jesus replied,

“I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God

without being born of water and the Spirit.

Humans can reproduce only human life,

but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

So don’t be surprised when I say,

‘You must be born again.’

John 3:3-7

…the law was given through Moses,

but God’s unfailing love and faithfulness

came through Jesus Christ.

John 1:17

He came into the very world he created,

but the world didn’t recognize him.

He came to his own people,

and even they rejected him.

But to all who believed him and accepted him

he gave the right to become children of God.

they are reborn—

not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan,

but with a birth that comes from God.

John 1:10-13

The Word gave life to everything that was created,

and his life brought light to everyone.

The light shines in the darkness,

and the darkness can never extinguish it.

John 1:4-5

As long as the earth remains,

there will be planting and harvest,

cold and heat,

summer and winter,

day and night.”

Genesis 8:22

In the beginning the Word already existed.

The Word was with God,

and the Word was God.

He existed in the beginning with God.

God created everything through him,

and nothing was created except through him.

John 1:1-3

And he said,

“Yes, it was written long ago

that the Messiah would suffer and die

and rise from the dead on the third day.

It was also written that this message

would be proclaimed in the authority of his name

to all the nations,

beginning in Jerusalem:

‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’

Luke 24:46-47

Then he said,

“When I was with you before,

I told you that everything written about me

in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms

must be fulfilled.”

Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.

Luke 24:44-45

Then, accompanied by the disciples,

Jesus left the upstairs room

and went as usual to the Mount of Olives.

There he told them,

“Pray that you will not give in to temptation.”

Luke 22:39-40