Saturday, May 15, 2010

New Testament in a Year - May 16

John 3:1 - 3:21- Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)

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Jesus and Nicodemus

3 1There was a man named Nicodemus. Nicodemus was one of the Pharisees.* He was
an important Jewish leader. 2One night Nicodemus came to Jesus. Nicodemus said,
"Teacher, we know that you are a teacher sent from God. No person can do these miracles*
that you do without God's help." 3Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth. A person
must be born again. If a person is not born again, then that person cannot be in
God's kingdom." 4Nicodemus said, "But if a man is already old, how can he be born
again? A person cannot enter his mother's body again! So a person cannot be born
a second time!" 5But Jesus answered, "I tell you the truth. A person must be born
from water and the Spirit.* If a person is not born from water and the Spirit, then
he cannot enter God's kingdom. 6A person's body is born from his human parents.
But a person's spiritual life is born from the Spirit. 7Don't be surprised that
I told you, 'You must be born again.' 8The wind blows where it wants to go. You
hear the wind blow. But you don't know where the wind comes from or where the wind
is going. It is the same with every person that is born from the Spirit." 9Nicodemus
asked, "How can all this be possible?" 10Jesus said, "You are an important teacher
of Israel (the Jews). But you still don't understand these things? 11I tell you
the truth. We talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you
people don't accept what we tell you. 12I have told you about things here on earth.
But you do not believe me. So surely you will not believe me if I tell you about
the things of heaven! 13The only one that has ever gone up to heaven is the One
that came down from heaven--the Son of Man.* 14"Moses lifted up the snake in the
desert.* It is the same with the Son of Man. The Son of Man must be lifted up too.
15Then every person that believes in the Son of Man can have life forever." 16Yes,
God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that
every person that believes in him would not be lost, but have life forever. 17God
sent his Son into the world. God did not send his Son to judge the world guilty.
God sent his Son so that the world could be saved through his Son. 18The person
that believes in God's Son is not judged (condemned). But the person that does
not believe is already judged. Why? Because that person has not believed in God's
only Son. 19People are judged by this fact: The Light (goodness) has come into the
world. But men did not want light. They wanted darkness (sin). Why? Because they
were doing evil things. 20Every person that does evil hates the light. That person
will not come to the light. Why? Because then the light will show all the bad things
he has done. 21But the person that follows the true way comes to the light. Then
the light will show that the things that person has done were done through God.*

Footnotes: Pharisees The Pharisees were a Jewish religious group that claimed to
follow carefully all Jewish laws and customs. miracle(s) Miracles are amazing works
done by God's power. Spirit, Holy Spirit Also called the Spirit of God, the Spirit
of Christ, and the Comforter. Joined with God and Christ, he does God's work among
people in the world. Son of Man A name Jesus used for himself. In Dan. 7:13-14,
this is the name for the Messiah, the one God chose to save his people. Moses lifted
... desert When God's people were dying from snake bites, God told Moses to put
a brass snake on a pole for them to look at and be healed. Read Num. 21:4-9. Verses
16-21 Some scholars think verses 16-21 are Jesus' words. Others think John wrote
them.

"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE: EASY-TO-READ VERSION © 2001 by World Bible Translation
Center, Inc. and used by permission."
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