‘Y’all listen to this now, foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:
John 3:3 - Y'all Version Bible Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, no one can see the Empire of God unless they are born again.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God. American Standard Version (1901) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. Common English Bible Jesus answered, “I assure you, unless someone is born anew, it’s not possible to see God’s kingdom.” Catholic Public Domain Version Jesus responded and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one has been reborn anew, he is not able to see the kingdom of God." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Jesus answered, and said to him: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. |
‘Y’all listen to this now, foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, and don’t see, who have ears, and don’t hear:
I will give y’all a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within y’all. I will remove the heart of stone from y’all’s flesh, and I will give y’all a heart of flesh.
Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Again I tell y’all, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the Empire of God.”
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell y’all that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Empire of God ahead of y’all.
For truly I tell y’all, until heaven and earth pass away, not even the smallest letter or pen stroke will pass away from the law, until everything is accomplished.
When Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, “Y’all let the little children to come to me! Don’t y’all stop them, for the Empire of God belongs to such as these.
If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out. It is more beautiful for you to enter into the Empire of God with one eye than to be thrown into hell with two eyes
children not born from blood or the will of the flesh of the will of a man, but from God.
The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not overtaken it.
Then he added, “Very truly, I tell y’all, y’all will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Humanity.”
“Hᴇ has blinded their eyes and ʜᴇ hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes, and perceive with their heart, and would turn, and I would heal them.”
Nicodemus said to him, “How can a human be born when they are old? They can’t enter into their mother’s womb to be born a second time!”
The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, would not shine on them.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, there is new creation! The old has passed, the new has come!
For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is anything—what matters is new creation.
But to this day YHWH has not given y’all a heart to know, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
ʜᴇ saved us—not by righteous works that we have done, but according to ʜɪꜱ mercy—through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,
But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and without hypocrisy.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to ʜɪꜱ great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
If y’all know that he is righteous, y’all know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.
Anyone born of God doesn’t practice sin, because God’s seed remains in them. They can’t go on sinning, because they are born of God.
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves the child who is born of ʜɪᴍ.
We know that whoever is born of God doesn’t sin, but the one who was born of God keeps them safe, and the evil one cannot touch them.
For everyone born of God conquers the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
“To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: “This says the Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation: