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But to all who believed him and accepted him, he gave the right to become children of God.

They are reborn—not with a physical birth resulting from human passion or plan, but a birth that comes from God.

No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us.

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

I didn't know he was the one, but when God sent me to baptize with water, he told me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'

I saw this happen to Jesus, so I testify that he is the Chosen One of God."

As Jesus walked by, John looked at him and declared, "Look! There is the Lamb of God!"

Then Nathanael exclaimed, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!"

Then he said, "I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth."

But the Jewish leaders demanded, "What are you doing? If God gave you authority to do this, show us a miraculous sign to prove it."

After 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."

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

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

"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.

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

But those who do what is right come to the light so others can see that they are doing what God wants."

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

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

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

Jesus replied, "If you only knew the gift God has for you and who you are speaking to, you would ask me, and I would give you living water."