John 3:4

Good News Translation

“How can a grown man be born again?” Nicodemus asked. “He certainly cannot enter his mother's womb and be born a second time!”

Cross References

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I am telling you the truth: no one can see the Kingdom of God without being born again.”

John 3:5

“I am telling you the truth,” replied Jesus, “that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

John 6:53

Jesus said to them, “I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in yourselves.

John 6:60

Many of his followers heard this and said, “This teaching is too hard. Who can listen to it?”

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the message about Christ's death on the cross is nonsense to those who are being lost; but for us who are being saved it is God's power.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Whoever does not have the Spirit cannot receive the gifts that come from God's Spirit. Such a person really does not understand them, and they seem to be nonsense, because their value can be judged only on a spiritual basis.