John 3 NLT NASB Parallel

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New American Standard Bible 1995

1There was a man named Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader who was a Pharisee.

1Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews;

2After dark one evening, he came to speak with Jesus. “Rabbi,” he said, “we all know that God has sent you to teach us. Your miraculous signs are evidence that God is with you.”

2this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."

3Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”

3Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."

4“What do you mean?” exclaimed Nicodemus. “How can an old man go back into his mother’s womb and be born again?”

4Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born, can he?"

5Jesus replied, “I assure you, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

5Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 Humans can reproduce only human life, but the Holy Spirit gives birth to spiritual life.

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

7 So don’t be surprised when I say, ‘You must be born again.’

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

8 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.”

8"The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

9“How are these things possible?” Nicodemus asked.

9Nicodemus said to Him, "How can these things be?"

10Jesus replied, “You are a respected Jewish teacher, and yet you don’t understand these things?

10Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things?

11 I assure you, we tell you what we know and have seen, and yet you won’t believe our testimony.

11"Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony.

12 But if you don’t believe me when I tell you about earthly things, how can you possibly believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

12"If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

13 No one has ever gone to heaven and returned. But the Son of Man has come down from heaven.

13"No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man.

14 And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,

14"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up;

15 so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.

15so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life.

16 “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.

16"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.

17 God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him.

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

18 “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son.

18"He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

19 And the judgment is based on this fact: God’s light came into the world, but people loved the darkness more than the light, for their actions were evil.

19"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

20 All who do evil hate the light and refuse to go near it for fear their sins will be exposed.

20"For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.

21 But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants. ” John the Baptist Exalts Jesus

21"But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God."

22Then Jesus and his disciples left Jerusalem and went into the Judean countryside. Jesus spent some time with them there, baptizing people.

22After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing.

23At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.

23John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized--

24(This was before John was thrown into prison.)

24for John had not yet been thrown into prison.

25A debate broke out between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over ceremonial cleansing.

25Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification.

26So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Rabbi, the man you met on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you identified as the Messiah, is also baptizing people. And everybody is going to him instead of coming to us.”

26And they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him."

27John replied, “No one can receive anything unless God gives it from heaven.

27John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven.

28You yourselves know how plainly I told you, ‘I am not the Messiah. I am only here to prepare the way for him.’

28"You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent ahead of Him.'

29It is the bridegroom who marries the bride, and the bridegroom’s friend is simply glad to stand with him and hear his vows. Therefore, I am filled with joy at his success.

29"He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full.

30He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.

30"He must increase, but I must decrease.

31“He has come from above and is greater than anyone else. We are of the earth, and we speak of earthly things, but he has come from heaven and is greater than anyone else.

31"He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but how few believe what he tells them!

32"What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.

33Anyone who accepts his testimony can affirm that God is true.

33"He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true.

34For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.

34"For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure.

35The Father loves his Son and has put everything into his hands.

35"The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand.

36And anyone who believes in God’s Son has eternal life. Anyone who doesn’t obey the Son will never experience eternal life but remains under God’s angry judgment.”

36"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."

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