Johannes 3

1 Men der var en Mand af Pharisæerne, han hedte Nicodemus, en Øverste iblandt Jøderne.2 Han kom til Jesus om Natten og sagde til ham: Mester! vi vide, at du er en Lærer, kommen fra Gud; thi Ingen kan gjøre de Tegn, som du gjør, uden Gud er med ham.3 Jesus svarede og sagde til ham: sandelig, sandelig siger jeg dig: uden Nogen bliver født paa ny, kan han ikke see Guds Rige.4 Nicodemus siger til ham: hvorledes kan et Menneske fødes, naar han er gammel? Mon han kan anden gang komme ind i sin Moders Liv og fødes?5 Jesus svarede: sandelig, sandelig siger jeg dig: uden nogen bliver født af Vand og Aand, kan han ikke indkomme i Guds Rige.6 Hvad som født er af Kjødet, er Kjød; og hvad som er født af Aanden, er Aand.7 Forundre dig ikke, at jeg sagde til dig: det bør Eder at fødes paa ny.8 Veiret blæser, hvorhen det vil, og du hører dets Susen, men du veed ikke hvorfra detkommer, og hvor det farer hen; saaledes er det med hver, som er født af Aanden.9 Nicodemus svarede og sagde til ham: hvorledes kan dette skee?10 Jesus svarede og sagde til ham: er du en Israels Lærer og veed ikke dette?11 Sandelig, sandelig siger jeg dig: vi tale det, vi vide, og vidne det, vi have seet; og I annamme ikke vort Vidnesbyrd.12 Dersom jeg siger Eder de jordiske Ting, og I ikke troe, hvorledes skulde I troe, om jeg sagde Eder de himmelske?13 Og Ingen farer op til Himmelen, uden den, som foer ned af Himmelen, Menneskens Søn, som er i Himmelen.14 Og ligesom Moses ophøiede Slangen i Ørken, saa bør det Menneskens Søn at ophøies,15 paa det at hver den, som troer paa ham, ikke skal fortabes, men have et evigt liv.16 Thi saa har Gud elsket Verden, at han har givet sin Søn den eenbaarne, at hver den, som troer paa ham, ikke skal fortabes, men have et evigt Liv.17 Thi Gud har ikke sendt sin Søn til Verden, at han skal dømme Verden, men at Verden skal blive salig ved ham.18 Hvo som troer paa ham, dømmes ikke; men hvo som ikke troer, er allerede dømt, fordi han ikke troet paa Guds eenbaarne Søns Navn.19 Men denne er Dommen, at Lyset er kommet til Verden, og Menneskene elskede mere Mørket end Lyset; thi deres Gjerninger vare onde.20 Thi hver, som gjør Ondt, hader Lyset og kommer ikke til Lyset, at hans Gjerninger ikke skulle overbevises ham.21 Men hvo som øver Sandhed, kommer til Lyset, at hans Gjerninger maae blive aabenbarede; thi de ere gjorte i Gud.22 Derefter kom Jesus og hans Disciple til Judæas Land, og han opholdt sig der med dem og døbte.23 Men ogsaa Johannes døbte i Ænon, nær ved Salem, fordi der var meget Vand; og de kom derhen og bleve døbte.24 Thi Johannes var ikke endnu kastet i Fængsel.25 Da opkom der en Tvist imellem Johannes' Disciple og Jøderne om Renselsen.26 Og de kom til Johannes og sagde til ham: Mester! den, som var hos dig paa hiin Side Jorden, hvilken du gav Vidnesbyrd, see, han døber, og alle komme til ham.27 Johannes svarede og sagde: et Menneske kan slet intet tage, uden det bliver givet ham af Himmelen.28 I ere selv mine Vidner, at jeg sagde: jeg er ikke den Christus, men at jeg er udsendt for ham.29 Den, som har Bruden, er Brudgommen; men Brudgommens Ven, som staaer og hører ham, glæder sig meget over Brudgommens Røst. Denne min Glæde er fuldkommen.30 Ham bør at voxe, men mig at forringes.31 Den, som kommer ovenfra, er over Alle; den, som er af Jorden, er af Jorden og taler af Jorden; den, som kommer af Himmelen, er over Alle.32 Og det, som han har seet og hørt, vidner han; og Ingen annammer hans Vidnesbyrd.33 Den, som annammer hans Vidnesbyrd, besegler, at Gud er sanddru.34 Thi den, som Gud udsendte, taler Guds Ord; thi Gud giver ham Aanden over al Maade.35 Faderen elsker Sønnen og har givet alle Ting i hans Haand.36 Hvo som troer paa Sønnen, har et evigt Liv; men hvo som ikke troer Sønnen, skal ikke see Livet, men Guds Vrede bliver over ham.

John 3

Conversation with Nicodemus

1 Now a certain man, a Pharisees named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council,t2 came to Jesust at nightts and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signss that you do unless God is with him.”3 Jesus replied,t “I tell you the solemn truth,t unless a person is born from above,ts he cannot see the kingdom of God.”s

4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?”t
5 Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth,t unless a person is born of water and spirit,ts he cannot enter the kingdom of God.6 What is born of the flesh is flesh,s and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.7 Do not be amazed that I said to you, ‘You must allt be born from above.’t

8 The windt blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”s
9 Nicodemus replied,t “How can these things be?”s10 Jesus answered,t “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don’t understand these things?s11 I tell you the solemn truth,t we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, butt you peoplet do not accept our testimony.s12 If I have told you peoplet about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?s13 No onet has ascendeds into heaven except the one who descended from heaven – the Son of Man.ss14 Just ast Moses lifted up the serpentsin the wilderness,s so must the Son of Man be lifted up,s

15 so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”ts
16 For this is the wayts God loved the world: He gave his one and onlyt Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perisht but have eternal life.s17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,s but that the world should be saved through him.18 The one who believes in him is not condemned.t The one who does not believe has been condemnedt already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and onlyt Son of God.19 Now this is the basis for judging:t that the light has come into the world and peoplet loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil.20 For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed.

21 But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.s

Further Testimony About Jesus by John the Baptist

22 After this,t Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.23 Johns was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim,t because water was plentiful there, and people were comingt to himt and being baptized.

24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)s
25 Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jewst concerning ceremonial washing.ts

26 So they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River,t about whom you testified – see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”
27 John replied,t “No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.28 You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ,’ts but rather, ‘I have been sent before him.’29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatlyt when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.t

30 He must become more important while I become less important.”s
31 The one who comes from above is superior to all.t The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things.t The one who comes from heavens is superior to all.st32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.t34 For the one whom God has sentt speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.t35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.t

36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejectst the Son will not see life, but God’s wratht remainst on him.