Home / Bible / Read Berean Study Bible (BSB) Reader
John 3
Read Study A calm reading view. Notes and saves remain available.
Text Words Connections Compare Context Current outline context The Beginning of Jesus’ Ministry 1:1–51 The Beginning 1:1–5 The Witness of John 1:6–13 The Word Became Flesh 1:14–18 John the Baptist 1:19–34 The Mission of John the Baptist 1:19–28 Jesus the Lamb of God 1:29–34 The Calling of Disciples 1:35–51 The First Disciples 1:35–42 Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael 1:43–51 Miraculous Signs and Controversies 2:1–10:42 Four Traditions 2:1–4:54 The Wedding at Cana 2:1–11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple 2:12–25 On Baptism 3:1–36 Jesus and Nicodemus 3:1–21 John’s Testimony about Jesus 3:22–36
Find a verse
Search Scripture
Open a passage
Passage selector
Previous
Next
1
Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.
Study
More
5 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
2
He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
3
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
Study
More
11 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
4
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
Study
More
5 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
5
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
6
Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit.
Study
More
5 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
7
Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
Study
More
1 study connection
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
8
The wind blows where it wishes. You hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit.”
Study
More
7 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
9
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
Study
More
6 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
10
“You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
Study
More
1 study connection
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
11
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
12
If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
Study
More
10 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
14
Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
15
that everyone who believes in Him may have eternal life.
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
16
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Study
More
1 study connection
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
17
For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
18
Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Study
More
10 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
19
And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.
Study
More
3 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
20
Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
Study
More
6 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
21
But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
22
After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the Judean countryside, where He spent some time with them and baptized.
Study
More
5 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
23
Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
Study
More
3 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
24
(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
Study
More
5 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
25
Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.
Study
More
4 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
26
So John’s disciples came to him and said, “Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about—He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him.”
Study
More
10 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
27
John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
Study
More
1 study connection
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
28
You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
Study
More
11 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
29
The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
Study
More
7 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
30
He must increase; I must decrease.
Study
More
2 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
31
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
32
He testifies to what He has seen and heard, yet no one accepts His testimony.
Study
More
7 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
33
Whoever accepts His testimony has certified that God is truthful.
Study
More
5 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
34
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
Study
More
12 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
35
The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
Study
More
1 study connection
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
36
Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
Study
More
2 study connections
OpenBible connections are research starting points, ranked by the source’s relevance score.
Previous
Next