John 3:5

New Century Version

But Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born from water and the Spirit, you cannot enter God’s kingdom.

Cross References

Matthew 18:3

Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you must change and become like little children. Otherwise, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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?” The priests and leaders answered, “The first son.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, the tax collectors and the prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God before you do.

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 3:11

“I baptize you with water to show that your hearts and lives have changed. But there is one coming after me who is greater than I am, whose sandals I am not good enough to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 5:20

I tell you that if you are no more obedient than the teachers of the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:14

When Jesus saw this, he was upset and said to them, “Let the little children come to me. Don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to people who are like these children.

Mark 16:16

Anyone who believes and is baptized will be saved, but anyone who does not believe will be punished.

Mark 9:47

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

Luke 13:24

“Try hard to enter through the narrow door, because many people will try to enter there, but they will not be able.

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you. But unless you change your hearts and lives, you will be destroyed as they were!

Luke 13:5

No, I tell you. But unless you change your hearts and lives, you will all be destroyed too!”

John 1:13

They did not become his children in any human way—by any human parents or human desire. They were born of God.

John 3:3

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot be in God’s kingdom.”

John 3:4

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

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 for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

So you must change your hearts and lives! Come back to God, and he will forgive your sins. Then the Lord will send the time of rest.

Romans 14:17

In the kingdom of God, eating and drinking are not important. The important things are living right with God, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

Romans 8:2

Through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit that brings life made you free from the law that brings sin and death.

1 Corinthians 15:50

I tell you this, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot have a part in the kingdom of God. Something that will ruin cannot have a part in something that never ruins.

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we did not receive the spirit of the world, but we received the Spirit that is from God so that we can know all that God has given us.

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 in the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 6:15

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

Ephesians 5:26

to make it belong to God. Christ used the word to make the church clean by washing it with water.

1 Peter 1:2

God planned long ago to choose you by making you his holy people, which is the Spirit’s work. God wanted you to obey him and to be made clean by the blood of the death of Jesus Christ. Grace and peace be yours more and more.

1 Peter 3:21

And that water is like baptism that now saves you—not the washing of dirt from the body, but the promise made to God from a good conscience. And this is because Jesus Christ was raised from the dead.

1 John 2:29

Since you know that Christ is righteous, you know that all who do right are God’s children.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is God’s child, and whoever loves the Father also loves the Father’s children.