John 3:5

Catholic Public Domain Version

Jesus responded: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn by water and the Holy Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of God.

Cross References

Matthew 18:3

And he said: "Amen I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:24

And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the wealthy to enter into the kingdom of heaven."

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of the father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them: "Amen I say to you, that tax collectors and prostitutes shall precede you, into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 28:19

Therefore, go forth and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Matthew 3:11

Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 5:20

For I say to you, that unless your justice has surpassed that of the scribes and the Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw this, he took offense, and he said to them: "Allow the little ones to come to me, and do not prohibit them. For of such as these is the kingdom of God.

Mark 16:16

Whoever will have believed and been baptized will be saved. Yet truly, whoever will not have believed will be condemned.

Mark 9:47

where their worm does not die, and the fire is not extinguished.

Luke 13:24

"Strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and not be able.

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you will all perish similarly.

Luke 13:5

No, I tell you. But if you do not repent, you will all perish similarly."

John 1:13

These are born, not of blood, nor of the will of flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:3

Jesus responded and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God."

John 3:4

Nicodemus said to him: "How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be reborn?"

Acts 2:38

Yet truly, Peter said to them: "Do penance; and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission of your sins. And you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

Therefore, repent and be converted, so that your sins may be wiped away.

Romans 14:17

For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but rather justice and peace and joy, in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:50

Now I say this, brothers, because flesh and blood is not able to possess the kingdom of God; neither will what is corrupt possess what is incorrupt.

1 Corinthians 2:12

But we have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit who is of God, so that we may understand the things that have been given to us by God.

1 Corinthians 6:11

And some of you were like this. But you have been absolved, but you have been sanctified, but you have been justified: all in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 6:15

For in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision prevails in any way, but instead there is a new creature.

Ephesians 5:26

so that he might sanctify her, washing her clean by water and the Word of life,

1 Peter 1:2

in accord with the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, with the obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: May grace and peace be multiplied for you.

1 Peter 3:21

And now you also are saved, in a similar manner, by baptism, not by the testimony of sordid flesh, but by the examination of a good conscience in God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

1 John 2:29

If you know that he is just, then know, too, that all who do what is just are born of him.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ, is born of God. And everyone who loves God, who provides that birth, also loves him who has been born of God.