1. AND there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
2. This man came to Jesus by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God; for no man can do these signs which thou dost, unless God be with him.
3. Jesus answered, and said to him: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
4. Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born again?
5. Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
6. That which is born of the flesh, is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit, is spirit.