John 3:3

Easy To Read Version

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. A person must be born again. If a person is not born again, then that person cannot be in God’s kingdom.”

Cross References

Jeremiah 5:21

Hear this message.\par You foolish people have no sense:\par ‘You have eyes, but you don’t see!\par You have ears, but you don’t listen!’\par

Ezekiel 36:26

\{God said,\} “I will also put a new spirit in you \{and change your way of thinking\}. I will take out the heart of stone from your body and give you a tender, human heart.

Matthew 16:17

Jesus answered, “You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah. No person taught you that. My Father in heaven showed you who I am.

Matthew 19:24

Yes, I tell you that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.”

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two sons obeyed his father?”

Matthew 5:18

I tell you the truth. Nothing will disappear from the law until heaven and earth are gone. The law will not lose even the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter until all has happened.

Mark 10:14

Jesus saw what happened. He did not like his followers telling the children not to come. Jesus said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to people that are like these little children.

Mark 9:47

If your eye makes you sin, take it out. It is better for you to have only one eye but have life forever. That is much better than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

John 1:13

These children were not born like little babies are born. They were not born from the wish or plan of a \{mother and\} father. These children were born from God.

John 1:5

The Light shines in the darkness. The darkness has not defeated {\cf2\super [2]} the Light.

John 1:51

Jesus also said, “I tell you the truth. You will all see heaven open. You will see ‘angels of God going up and coming down’ {\cf2\super [32]} on the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [33]} ”

John 12:40

“God made the people blind.\par God closed their minds.\par God did this so that they will not\par see with their eyes\par and understand with their minds.\par God did this so that they would not turn and be healed.”\par \i (Isaiah 6:10)\i0 \par

John 3:4

Nicodemus said, “But if a person is already old, how can he be born again? A person cannot enter his mother’s body again! So a person cannot be born a second time!”

2 Corinthians 4:4

The ruler {\cf2\super [17]} of this world (the devil) has blinded the minds of people who don’t believe. They cannot see the light (truth) of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ. Christ is the One who is exactly like God.

2 Corinthians 5:17

We have small troubles for a while now, but those troubles are helping us gain an eternal glory. That eternal glory is much greater than the troubles.

Galatians 6:15

It is not important if a person is circumcised or not circumcised. The important thing is being the new people God has made.

Ephesians 2:1

In the past, your spiritual lives were dead because of your sins and the things you did wrong against God.

Deuteronomy 29:4

But even today you still don’t understand what happened. The Lord has not let you really understand what you saw and heard.

Titus 3:5

I thank God because I hear about the love you have for all God’s holy people {\cf2\super [1]} and the faith you have in the Lord Jesus.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that comes from God is like this: First, it is pure. It is also peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help people who have trouble and to do good things for other people. This wisdom is always fair and honest.

1 Peter 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God has great mercy, and because of his mercy he gave us a new life. This new life brings us a living hope through Jesus Christ’s rising from death.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ is righteous (good). So you know that all people who do what is right (good) are God’s children.

1 John 3:9

When God makes a person his child, that person does not continue to sin. Why? Because the new life God gave that person {\cf2\super [9]} stays in him. So that person is not able to continue sinning. Why? Because he has become a child of God.

1 John 5:1

Greetings from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.

1 John 5:18

We know that any person who has been made God’s child does not continue to sin. The Son of God keeps God’s child safe. {\cf2\super [22]} The Evil One (the devil) cannot hurt that person.

1 John 5:4

I was very happy to learn about some of your children. I am happy that they are following the way of truth, like the Father (God) commanded us.

Revelation 3:14

“Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea: