5Jesus answered, |Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!


In Context

2 The same came to him by night, and said to him, |Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him.|

3 Jesus answered him, |Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God.|

4 Nicodemus said 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?|

5 Jesus answered, |Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'

John 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and [of] the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus answered: Amen, amen I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except any one be born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say to thee, Except a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.