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John 3 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:1 - Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:2 - He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:3 - Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:4 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:5 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:6 - That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:7 - Do not be surprised that I say to you, It is necessary for you to have a second birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:8 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:9 - And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:10 - And Jesus, answering, said, Are you the teacher of Israel and have no knowledge of these things?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:11 - Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:12 - If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:13 - And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:14 - As the snake was lifted up by Moses in the waste land, even so it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:15 - So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:16 - For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:17 - God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:18 - The man who has faith in him does not come up to be judged; but he who has no faith in him has been judged even now, because he has no faith in the name of the only Son of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - And this is the test by which men are judged: the light has come into the world and men have more love for the dark than for the light, because their acts are evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:20 - The light is hated by everyone whose acts are evil and he does not come to the light for fear that his acts will be seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:21 - But he whose life is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his acts have been done by the help of God.

John's Last Testimony

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:22 - After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:23 - Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:24 - For at this time John had not been put into prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:25 - Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:26 - And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:27 - And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:28 - You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:29 - He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:30 - He has to become greater while I become less.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:31 - He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:32 - He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:33 - He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:34 - For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:35 - The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:36 - He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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