Había un hombre de los fariseos, llamado Nicodemo^a, prominente^1b entre los judíos. 2 Este vino a Jesús¹ de noche y le dijo: Rabí^a, sabemos que has venido de Dios como maestro, porque nadie puede hacer las señales^2b que tú haces si Dios no está con él^c. 3 Respondió Jesús y le dijo: En verdad, en verdad te digo que el que no nace de nuevo^1a no puede ver el reino de Dios^b. 4 Nicodemo le dijo*: ¿Cómo puede un hombre nacer siendo ya viejo? ¿Acaso puede entrar por segunda vez en el vientre de su madre y nacer? 5 Jesús respondió: En verdad, en verdad te digo que el que no nace de agua y del Espíritu^a no puede entrar en el reino de Dios^b. 6 Lo que es nacido de la carne, carne es^a, y lo que es nacido del Espíritu, espíritu es. 7 No te asombres de que te haya dicho: «Os es necesario nacer de nuevo¹». 8 El viento sopla donde quiere, y oyes su sonido, pero no sabes de dónde viene ni adónde va^a; así es todo aquel que es nacido del Espíritu. 9 Respondió Nicodemo y le dijo: ¿Cómo puede ser esto? 10 Jesús respondió y le dijo: Tú eres maestro^a de Israel, ¿y no entiendes estas cosas? 11 En verdad, en verdad te digo que hablamos lo que sabemos^a y damos testimonio de lo que hemos visto, pero vosotros no recibís nuestro testimonio^b. 12 Si os he hablado de las cosas terrenales, y no creéis, ¿cómo creeréis si os hablo de las celestiales? 13 Nadie ha subido al cielo^a, sino el que bajó del cielo^b, es decir, el Hijo del Hombre^c que está en el cielo¹. 14 Y como Moisés levantó la serpiente en el desierto^a, así es necesario que sea levantado el Hijo del Hombre^b, 15 para que todo aquel que cree, tenga en Él¹ vida eterna^a.

16 Porque de tal manera amó Dios al mundo^a, que dio a su Hijo unigénito^1b, para que todo aquel que cree en Él, no se pierda, mas tenga vida eterna^c. 17 Porque Dios no envió^a a su Hijo al mundo para juzgar al mundo, sino para que el mundo sea salvo por Él^b. 18 El que cree en Él no es condenado^1a; pero el que no cree, ya ha sido condenado², porque no ha creído en el nombre del unigénito³ Hijo de Dios^b. 19 Y este es el juicio: que la luz vino al mundo^a, y los hombres amaron más las tinieblas que la luz, pues sus acciones eran malas^b. 20 Porque todo el que hace lo malo odia la luz^a, y no viene a la luz para que sus acciones no sean expuestas. 21 Pero el que practica la verdad^a viene a la luz, para que sus acciones sean manifestadas que han sido hechas en Dios.

22 Después de esto vino Jesús con sus discípulos^a a la tierra de Judea, y estaba allí con ellos, y bautizaba^b. 23 Juan también bautizaba en Enón, cerca de Salim, porque allí había mucha agua¹; y muchos venían y eran bautizados. 24 Porque Juan todavía no había sido metido en la cárcel^a. 25 Surgió entonces una discusión entre los discípulos de Juan y un judío acerca de la purificación^a. 26 Y vinieron a Juan y le dijeron: Rabí^a, mira, el que estaba contigo al otro lado del Jordán^b, de quien diste testimonio^c, está bautizando y todos van a Él. 27 Respondió Juan y dijo: Un hombre no puede recibir nada si no le es dado del cielo^a. 28 Vosotros mismos me sois testigos de que dije: «Yo no soy el Cristo^1a, sino que he sido enviado delante de Él». 29 El que tiene la novia es el novio^a, pero el amigo del novio, que está allí y le oye, se alegra en gran manera con la voz del novio. Y por eso, este gozo mío se ha completado^b. 30 Es necesario que Él crezca, y que yo disminuya.

31 El que procede de arriba está por encima de todos; el que es de la tierra, procede¹ de la tierra y habla de la tierra^a. El que procede del cielo está sobre todos^b. 32 Lo que Él ha visto y oído, de eso da testimonio; y nadie recibe su testimonio^a. 33 El que ha recibido su testimonio ha certificado^a esto: que Dios es veraz. 34 Porque aquel a quien Dios ha enviado^a habla las palabras de Dios, pues Él da el Espíritu^b sin medida¹. 35 El Padre ama al Hijo y ha entregado todas las cosas en su mano^a. 36 El que cree en el Hijo tiene vida eterna^a; pero el que no obedece^1b al Hijo no verá la vida, sino que la ira de Dios permanece sobre él.

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named ^aNicodemus, a ^bruler of the Jews; 2 this man came to ¹Jesus at night and said to Him, “^aRabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these ^2bsigns that You do unless ^cGod is with him.” 3 Jesus responded and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone ^ais born ¹again he cannot see ^bthe kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a person be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb a second time and be born, can he?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless someone is born of ^awater and the Spirit, he cannot enter ^bthe kingdom of God. 6 ^aThat which has been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which has been born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born ¹again.’ 8 ^aThe wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it is coming from and where it is going; so is everyone who has been born of the Spirit.”

9 Nicodemus responded and said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “You are ^athe teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^awe speak of what we know and ^btestify of what we have seen, and ^cyou people do not accept our testimony. 12 If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 ^aNo one has ascended into heaven, except ^bHe who descended from heaven: ^cthe Son of Man. 14 And just as ^aMoses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must ^bthe Son of Man ^cbe lifted up, 15 so that everyone who ¹believes will ^ahave eternal life in Him.

16 “For God so ^aloved the world, that He ^bgave His ^conly Son, so that everyone who ^dbelieves in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God ^adid not send the Son into the world ^bto judge the world, but so that the world might be saved through Him. 18 ^aThe one who believes in Him is not judged; the one who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of ^bthe only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that ^athe Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for ^btheir deeds were evil. 20 ^aFor everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light, so that his deeds will not be exposed. 21 But the one who ^apractices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds will be revealed ¹as having been performed in God.”

22 After these things Jesus and His ^adisciples came into the land of Judea; and there He was spending time with them and ^bbaptizing. 23 Now John also was baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and being baptized— 24 for ^aJohn had not yet been thrown into prison.

25 Then a matter of dispute developed on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about ^1apurification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “^aRabbi, He who was with you ^bbeyond the Jordan, to whom you ^chave testified—behold, He is baptizing and all the people are coming to Him.” 27 John replied, “^aA person can receive not even one thing unless it ^bhas been given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves ¹are my witnesses that I said, ‘^aI am not the ²Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ 29 He who has the bride is ^athe groom; but the friend of the groom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly because of the groom’s voice. So this ^bjoy of mine has been made full. 30 He must ¹increase, but I must ²decrease.

31 “^aHe who comes from above is above all; ^bthe one who is only from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. ^cHe who comes from heaven is above all. 32 What He has seen and heard, of this He ^atestifies; and ^bno one accepts His testimony. 33 The one who has accepted His testimony ^ahas certified that God is true. 34 For He whom God ^asent speaks the words of God; ^bfor He does not give the Spirit ¹sparingly. 35 ^aThe Father loves the Son and ^bhas entrusted all things to His hand. 36 The one who ^abelieves in the Son has eternal life; but the one who ^bdoes not ¹obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named ^aNicodemus, a ^bruler of the Jews; 2 this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, “^aRabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these ^1bsigns that You do unless ^cGod is with him.” 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one ^ais born ¹again he cannot see ^bthe kingdom of God.”

4 Nicodemus *said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born, can he?” 5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of ^awater and the Spirit he cannot enter into ^bthe kingdom of God. 6 ^aThat which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must be born ¹again.’ 8 ^aThe wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

9 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you ^athe teacher of Israel and do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^awe speak of what we know and ^btestify of what we have seen, and ^cyou do not accept our testimony. 12 If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 ^aNo one has ascended into heaven, but ^bHe who descended from heaven: ^cthe Son of Man. 14 As ^aMoses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must ^bthe Son of Man ^cbe lifted up; 15 so that whoever ¹believes will ^ain Him have eternal life.

16 “For God so ^aloved the world, that He ^bgave His ^1conly begotten Son, that whoever ^dbelieves in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. 17 For God ^adid not send the Son into the world ^bto judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. 18 ^aHe who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of ^bthe ¹only begotten Son of God. 19 This is the judgment, that ^athe Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for ^btheir deeds were evil. 20 ^aFor everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. 21 But he who ^apractices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God.”

22 After these things Jesus and His ^adisciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and ^bbaptizing. 23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized— 24 for ^aJohn had not yet been thrown into prison.

25 Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about ^apurification. 26 And they came to John and said to him, “^aRabbi, He who was with you ^bbeyond the Jordan, to whom you ^chave testified, behold, He is baptizing and all are coming to Him.” 27 John answered and said, “^aA man can receive nothing unless it ^bhas been given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves ¹are my witnesses that I said, ‘^aI am not the ²Christ,’ but, ‘I have been sent ahead of Him.’ 29 He who has the bride is ^athe bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. So this ^bjoy of mine has been made full. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

31 “^aHe who comes from above is above all, ^bhe who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. ^cHe who comes from heaven is above all. 32 What He has seen and heard, of that He ^atestifies; and ^bno one receives His testimony. 33 He who has received His testimony ^ahas set his seal to this, that God is true. 34 For He whom God has ^asent speaks the words of God; ^1bfor He gives the Spirit without measure. 35 ^aThe Father loves the Son and ^bhas given all things into His hand. 36 He who ^abelieves in the Son has eternal life; but he who ^bdoes not ¹obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.”