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John 3:7
Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.
John 3:7 · Bible in Basic English
John 3:7 in other translations
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
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In context
4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?
5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.
7 Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.
8 The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
9 And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?
10 And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?
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