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5-8 “I assure you,” said Jesus, “that unless a man is born from water and from spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Flesh gives birth to flesh and spirit gives birth to spirit: you must not be surprised that I told you that all of you must be born again. The wind blows where it likes, you can hear the sound of it but you have no idea where it comes from and where it goes. Nor can you tell how a man is born by the wind of the Spirit.”

“How on earth can things like this happen?” replied Nicodemus.

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You should not be surprised at my saying, ‘You[a] must be born again.’ The 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.”[b](A)

“How can this be?”(B) Nicodemus asked.

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Footnotes

  1. John 3:7 The Greek is plural.
  2. John 3:8 The Greek for Spirit is the same as that for wind.