Mar 6, 2023
HOLY GOSPEL: John 3:1-17
1Now there was
a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the
Jews. 2He came to Jesus by night and
said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come
from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the
presence of God.” 3Jesus
answered him, “Very truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom
of God without being born from above.” 4Nicodemus
said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can
one enter a second time into the mother’s womb and be
born?” 5Jesus answered, “Very truly, I
tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of
water and Spirit. 6What is born
of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is
spirit. 7Do not be astonished that I said
to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ 8The wind
blows where it chooses, and you hear
the sound of it, but you do not know where it
comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of
the Spirit.” 9Nicodemus said to him, “How can
these things be?” 10Jesus
answered him, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and yet you do not
understand these things?
11“Very truly,
I tell you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have
seen; yet you do not receive our
testimony. 12If I have told you about earthly
things and you do not
believe, how
can you believe if I tell you about heavenly
things? 13No one has ascended into heaven
except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of
Man. 14And just as Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted
up, 15that whoever believes in him may
have eternal life.
16“For God so
loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who
believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life.
17“Indeed, God
did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in
order that the world might be saved through
him.”