John 3:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Jesus answered, “Believe me when I say that everyone must be born from water and the Spirit. Anyone who is not born from water and the Spirit cannot enter God’s kingdom.

Cross References

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Change your hearts and lives and be baptized, each one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ. Then God will forgive your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Ephesians 5:26

He died to make the church holy. He used the telling of the Good News to make the church clean by washing it with water.

1 Peter 3:21

And that water is like baptism, which now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. It is asking God for a clean conscience. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

1 Corinthians 6:11

In the past some of you were like that. But you were washed clean, you were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water to show that you have changed your hearts and lives. But there is someone coming later who is able to do more than I can. I am not good enough to be the slave who takes off his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I assure you, everyone must be born again. Anyone who is not born again cannot be in God’s kingdom.”

Mark 16:16

Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved. But those who do not believe will be judged guilty.

1 Corinthians 2:12

We received the Spirit that is from God, not the spirit of the world. We received God’s Spirit so that we can know all that God has given us.

John 1:13

They became God’s children, but not in the way babies are usually born. It was not because of any human desire or plan. They were born from God himself.

1 John 5:1

The people who believe that Jesus is the Messiah are God’s children. Anyone who loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.

1 John 2:29

You know that Christ always did what was right. So you know that all those who do what is right are God’s children.

Galatians 6:15

It doesn’t matter if anyone is circumcised or not. The only thing that matters is this new life we have from God.

Romans 14:17

In God’s kingdom, what we eat and drink is not important. Here is what is important: a right way of life, peace, and joy—all from the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 28:19

So go and make followers of all people in the world. Baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 18:3

Then he said, “The truth is, you must change your thinking and become like little children. If you don’t do this, you will never enter God’s kingdom.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you and to make you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood sacrifice of Jesus Christ. I pray that you will enjoy more and more of God’s grace and peace.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives. Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins.

Luke 13:3

No, they were not. But if you don’t decide now to change your lives, you will all be destroyed like those people!

Matthew 5:20

I tell you that you must do better than the teachers of the law and the Pharisees. If you are not more pleasing to God than they are, you will never enter God’s kingdom.

Romans 8:2

That is because in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free. It made you free from the law that brings sin and death.

Luke 13:24

“The door to heaven is narrow. Try hard to enter it. Many people will want to enter there, but they will not be able to go in.

Luke 13:5

They were not. But I tell you if you don’t decide now to change your lives, you will all be destroyed too!”

Matthew 19:24

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

Matthew 21:31

“Which of the two sons obeyed his father?” The Jewish leaders answered, “The first son.” Jesus said to them, “The truth is, you are worse than the tax collectors and the prostitutes. In fact, they will enter God’s kingdom before you enter.

Mark 9:47

If your eye makes you sin, take it out. It is better for you to have only one eye and enter God’s kingdom than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell.

Mark 10:14

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

John 3:4

Nicodemus said, “How can a man who is already old be born again? Can he go back into his mother’s womb and be born a second time?”

1 Corinthians 15:50

I tell you this, brothers and sisters: Our bodies of flesh and blood cannot have a part in God’s kingdom. Something that will ruin cannot have a part in something that never ruins.