⁵ Jesus answered, “I assure you: Unless someone is born^(A) of water and the Spirit,^[a](B) he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

²⁶ to make her holy, cleansing^[a] her with the washing of water by the word.

²¹ Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you (not the removal of the filth of the flesh,^(A) but the pledge^[a] of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.^(B)