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John 3:8

The Spirit breatheth where he will and thou hearest his voice: but thou knowest not whence he cometh and whither he goeth. So is every one that is born of the Spirit.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Wonder not that I said to thee: You must be born again.

9Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be done?

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Cross References

Job 37:10When God bloweth there cometh frost, and again the waters are poured out abundantly.

Job 37:21But now they see not the light: the air on a sudden shall be thickened into clouds, and the wind shall pass and drive them away.

Isaiah 55:9For as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

Mark 4:26And he said: So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth,

John 1:13Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

Matthew Henry on John 3:2-22

Christ's Interview with Nicodemus. 1 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: 2 The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time… Read the whole commentary →

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