KJV King James Version
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
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John 3:7
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
WEB World English Bible
Don’t marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born anew.’
ASV American Standard Version
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Thou mayest not wonder that I said to thee, It behoveth you to be born from above;
Surrounding context — John 3
4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
5 Jesus 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.
6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
9 Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
10 Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
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Ephesians 4:22-24That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;John 3:3Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.Romans 12:1-2I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.1 Peter 1:22Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, [see that ye] love one another with a pure heart fervently:Revelation 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither [whatsoever] worketh abomination, or [maketh] a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.John 3:12If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you [of] heavenly things?1 Peter 1:14-16As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance:Colossians 1:12Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:Matthew 13:33-35Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.Hebrews 12:14Follow peace with all [men], and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:Romans 3:9-19What then? are we better [than they]? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin;Job 15:14What [is] man, that he should be clean? and [he which is] born of a woman, that he should be righteous?John 6:61-63When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?John 5:28Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,Romans 9:22-25[What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
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