John 3:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Jesus answered, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.

Cross References

Matthew 18:3

and said, “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 19:24

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

Matthew 21:31

Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.

Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 5:20

For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Mark 10:14

But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not stop them, for it is to such as these that the kingdom of God belongs.

Mark 16:16

The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.

Mark 9:47

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and to be thrown into hell,

Luke 13:24

“Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.

Luke 13:3

No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish as they did.

Luke 13:5

No, I tell you, but unless you repent you will all perish just as they did.”

John 1:13

who were born, not of blood or of the will of the flesh or of the will of man, but of God.

John 3:3

Jesus answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being born from above.”

John 3:4

Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be born?”

Acts 2:38

Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 3:19

Repent, therefore, and turn to God so that your sins may be wiped out,

Romans 14:17

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

Romans 8:2

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

1 Corinthians 15:50

What I am saying, brothers and sisters, is this: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

1 Corinthians 2:12

Now we have received not the spirit of the world but the Spirit that is from God, so that we may understand the gifts bestowed on us by God.

1 Corinthians 6:11

And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

Galatians 6:15

For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything, but a new creation is everything!

Ephesians 5:26

in order to make her holy by cleansing her with the washing of water by the word,

1 Peter 1:2

who have been chosen and destined by God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ and to be sprinkled with his blood: May grace and peace be yours in abundance.

1 Peter 3:21

And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 John 2:29

If you perceive that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who does right has been born of him.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child.