Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, no one can see the Empire of God unless they are born again.”
John 3:4 - Y'all Version Bible 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!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb again and be born? American Standard Version (1901) Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? Common English Bible Nicodemus asked, “How is it possible for an adult to be born? It’s impossible to enter the mother’s womb for a second time and be born, isn’t it?” Catholic Public Domain Version Nicodemus said to him: "How could a man be born when he is old? Surely, he cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb to be reborn?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born again? |
Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, no one can see the Empire of God unless they are born again.”
Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, no one can enter into the Empire of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit.
So Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell y’all, unless y’all eat the flesh of the Son of Humanity and drink his blood, y’all have no life in you.
When they heard this, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard saying! Who can understand it?”
For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are being saved, it is the power of God.
Now the natural human doesn’t accept the things of the Spirit of God. They are foolishness to the natural person who can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.