^{3 Ref} Jesus answered and said to him, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born from above, he is not able to see the reign of God;'

^{4 Ref} Nicodemus saith unto him, `How is a man able to be born, being old? is he able into the womb of his mother a second time to enter, and to be born?'

^{5 Ref} Jesus answered, `Verily, verily, I say to thee, If any one may not be born of water, and the Spirit, he is not able to enter into the reign of God;

^{6 Ref} that which hath been born of the flesh is flesh, and that which hath been born of the Spirit is spirit.

^{7 Ref} `Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;

^{8 Ref} the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'