Now there was a man of the Pharisees there, his name was Niqodemus, a ruler of the Yehudaye.

This one came to Y'shua by night and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher sent from Elohim, for no one can do these signs that you do unless Elohim is with him.

Y'shua answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to you, that if a person is not born from the beginning, he cannot see the kingdom of Elohim.

Niqodemus said to him, How can an old man be born? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?

Y'shua answered and said to him, Amen, amen, I say to you, that if a person is not born from water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of Elohim.

That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit.

Do not be surprised that I said to you, You must be born from the beginning.

The ruach blows where it chooses, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from and where it goes; so is everyone who is born of the ruach.

Nikodemos answered and said to him, How can these things be?

Y'shua answered and said to him, You are the teacher of Yisrael, and you do not know these things?

Truly, truly I say to you, We speak what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and you do not receive our testimony.

If I have spoken to you of things on earth and you do not believe, how will you believe me if I speak to you of things in heaven?

And no one has gone up to heaven except he who came down from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

And as Moshe lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so the Son of man is about to be lifted up:

that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have life forever.

For Elohim so loved the world that he gave his only Son, that everyone who believes in him will not perish, but will have life forever.¹

For Elohim did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might live by his hand.

Whoever believes in him is not judged; and whoever does not believe is already judged, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of Elohim.

And this is the ground of judgment, that the light has come into the world, and the sons of men have loved the darkness more than the light, for their deeds were evil.

For everyone who does hateful things hates the light and does not come to the light, so that his deeds will not be reproved.

But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be known as done in Elohim.

After these things Y'shua and his disciples came to the land of Yehuda, and there he was staying with them and immersing.

And Yochanan also was immersing at Ein-Yon, which is near Shalim, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and being immersed.

For Yochanan had not yet fallen into prison.

Now there was a dispute of one of the disciples of Yochanan with a certain Yehudi about purification.

And they came to Yochanan and said to him, Our Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Yordanan, of whom you gave testimony, he also immerses, and many are coming to him.

Yochanan answered and said to them, A son of man is not able to take anything from his own will, unless it is given to him from heaven.

You yourselves are witnesses for me that I said, I am not the Mashiyach, but I am sent before him.

He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices with great joy because of the bridegroom’s voice. This my joy, then, is made full.

He must increase, and I must decrease.

For he who comes from above is above all; and he who is from the earth is from the earth, and speaks from the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

And what he has seen and heard he testifies, and no one receives his testimony.

But he who receives his testimony has sealed that Elohim is true.

For he whom Elohim has sent speaks the words of Elohim; for Elohim has not given the Ruach by measure to him.

The Father loves the Son and has given everything into his hands.

He who believes in the Son has eternal life; and he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of Elohim will remain on him.