Since the feast of Passover was at hand, Jesus went to Jerusalem. There
He found, sitting in the temple, all those who sold oxen and sheep and
doves and changers of money. When He had made a scourge of small cords,
He drove them all out of the temple. He overthrew the tables. He said
to those who sold doves, Take these things away. Make not my Father's
house a house of merchandise. Here His disciples remembered that it was
written: The zeal of thine house has eaten me up.
The Jews then said to Him, What sign do you show us for doing this?
Jesus answered, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it
up. The Jews said, It took forty-six years to build this temple and you
will raise it up again in three days? But Jesus spoke of the temple of
His body. Therefore, when He was raised from the dead, His disciples
remembered what He had said and they recalled the scripture and the
words Jesus had spoken.
When He was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in His
name when they saw the things He did. But Jesus did not commit or trust
Himself to them.
3. There was a man named Nicodemus, a Pharisee and a ruler of
the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to Him, We know that you
are from God because no man can do the miracles that you do unless God
is with Him. Jesus answered, I tell you, unless a man is born again, he
cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus asked, How can a man be born
when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb again and be born?
Jesus answered, Unless one is born of water and of the Spirit he cannot
enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is
flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I
said, You must be born again. The wind blows and you hear the sound but
cannot tell from where it comes or to where it goes. So it is with
those born of the Spirit.
Nicodemus said, How can these things be? Jesus answered, Art thou a
master of Israel and do not know these things? Verily, I say to you, We
speak what we know, testify that we have seen, and you do not accept
our witness. If I tell you about earthly things and you do not believe,
how can you believe if I tell you of heavenly things?
No man has ascended up to heaven except He that came down from heaven,
the Son of man. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so
must the Son of man be lifted up, so that whoever believes in Him will
not perish but have eternal life.
God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that whoever
believes in Him will not perish, but have everlasting life. God did not
send His Son into the world to condemn the world but, that the world,
through Him, might be saved. He who believes in Him is not condemned.
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