A Visitor by Night

1There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

2This man came to him by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you have come from God as a teacher, for no one is able to do these signs that you do unless God is with him.”

3Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born from above, he is not able to see the kingdom of God.”

4Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?”

5Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he is not able to enter the kingdom of God.”

6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7Do not be amazed that I told you, ‘You must be born from above.’

8The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from and where it goes. So it is with everyone who has been born of the Spirit.