3:1 hn de anqrwpos ek twn farisaiwn nikodhmos onoma autw arcwn twn ioudaiwn

3:2 outos hlqen pros ton ihsoun nuktos kai eipen autw rabbi oidamen oti apo qeou elhluqas didaskalos oudeis gar tauta ta shmeia dunatai poiein a su poieis ean mh h o qeos met autou

3:3 apekriqh o ihsous kai eipen autw amhn amhn legw soi ean mh tis gennhqh anwqen ou dunatai idein thn basileian tou qeou

3:4 legei pros auton [o] o nikodhmos pws dunatai anqrwpos gennhqhnai gerwn wn mh dunatai eis thn koilian ths mhtros autou deuteron eiselqein kai gennhqhnai

3:5 apekriqh o ihsous amhn amhn legw soi ean mh tis gennhqh ex udatos kai pneumatos ou dunatai eiselqein eis thn basileian tou qeou

3:6 to gegennhmenon ek ths sarkos sarx estin kai to gegennhmenon ek tou pneumatos pneuma estin

3:7 mh qaumashs oti eipon soi dei umas gennhqhnai anwqen

3:8 to pneuma opou qelei pnei kai thn fwnhn autou akoueis all ouk oidas poqen ercetai kai pou upagei outws estin pas o gegennhmenos ek tou pneumatos

3:9 apekriqh nikodhmos kai eipen autw pws dunatai tauta genesqai

3:10 apekriqh o ihsous kai eipen autw su ei o didaskalos tou israhl kai tauta ou ginwskeis

3:11 amhn amhn legw soi oti o oidamen laloumen kai o ewrakamen marturoumen kai thn marturian hmwn ou lambanete

3:12 ei ta epigeia eipon umin kai ou pisteuete pws ean eipw umin ta epourania pisteusete

3:13 kai oudeis anabebhken eis ton ouranon ei mh o ek tou ouranou katabas o uios tou anqrwpou o wn en tw ouranw

3:14 kai kaqws mwshs uywsen ton ofin en th erhmw outws uywqhnai dei ton uion tou anqrwpou

3:15 ina pas o pisteuwn eis auton mh apolhtai all ech zwhn aiwnion

3:16 outws gar hgaphsen o qeos ton kosmon wste ton uion autou ton monogenh edwken ina pas o pisteuwn eis auton mh apolhtai all ech zwhn aiwnion

3:17 ou gar apesteilen o qeos ton uion autou eis ton kosmon ina krinh ton kosmon all ina swqh o kosmos di autou

3:18 o pisteuwn eis auton ou krinetai o de mh pisteuwn hdh kekritai oti mh pepisteuken eis to onoma tou monogenous uiou tou qeou

3:19 auth de estin h krisis oti to fws elhluqen eis ton kosmon kai hgaphsan oi anqrwpoi mallon to skotos h to fws hn gar ponhra autwn ta erga

3:20 pas gar o faula prasswn misei to fws kai ouk ercetai pros to fws ina mh elegcqh ta erga autou

3:21 o de poiwn thn alhqeian ercetai pros to fws ina fanerwqh autou ta erga oti en qew estin eirgasmena

3:22 meta tauta hlqen o ihsous kai oi maqhtai autou eis thn ioudaian ghn kai ekei dietriben met autwn kai ebaptizen

3:23 hn de kai iwannhs baptizwn en ainwn eggus tou saleim oti udata polla hn ekei kai pareginonto kai ebaptizonto

3:24 oupw gar hn beblhmenos eis thn fulakhn o iwannhs

3:25 egeneto oun zhthsis ek twn maqhtwn iwannou meta ioudaiwn peri kaqarismou

3:26 kai hlqon pros ton iwannhn kai eipon autw rabbi os hn meta sou peran tou iordanou w su memarturhkas ide outos baptizei kai pantes ercontai pros auton

3:27 apekriqh iwannhs kai eipen ou dunatai anqrwpos lambanein ouden ean mh h dedomenon autw ek tou ouranou

3:28 autoi umeis moi martureite oti eipon [oti] ouk eimi egw o cristos all oti apestalmenos eimi emprosqen ekeinou

3:29 o ecwn thn numfhn numfios estin o de filos tou numfiou o esthkws kai akouwn autou cara cairei dia thn fwnhn tou numfiou auth oun h cara h emh peplhrwtai

3:30 ekeinon dei auxanein eme de elattousqai

3:31 o anwqen ercomenos epanw pantwn estin o wn ek ths ghs ek ths ghs estin kai ek ths ghs lalei o ek tou ouranou ercomenos [epanw epanw pantwn ] estin

3:32 kai o ewraken kai hkousen touto marturei kai thn marturian autou oudeis lambanei

3:33 o labwn autou thn marturian esfragisen oti o qeos alhqhs estin

3:34 on gar apesteilen o qeos ta rhmata tou qeou lalei ou gar ek metrou didwsin o qeos to pneuma

3:35 o pathr agapa ton uion kai panta dedwken en th ceiri autou