8. The wind blows wherever it wants to. You hear it, but you don’t know where it is coming from or where it is going. It is the same with everyone who is born from the Spirit.”
9. Nicodemus asked, “How is all this possible?”
10. Jesus said, “You are an important teacher of Israel, and you still don’t understand these things?
11. The truth is, we talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you people don’t accept what we tell you.
12. I have told you about things here on earth, but you do not believe me. So I’m sure you will not believe me if I tell you about heavenly things!
13. The only one who has ever gone up to heaven is the one who came down from heaven—the Son of Man.
14. “Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. It is the same with the Son of Man. He must be lifted up too.
15. Then everyone who believes in him can have eternal life.”