John 3:8

The wind blows wherever it wants, and you can hear the sound it makes, but you do not know where it comes from, or where it goes; it is the same with everyone who owes his birth to the Spirit.”

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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

7Do not wonder at my telling you that you all need to be reborn.

9“How can that be?” asked Nicodemus.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:29He stilled the storm to a whisper, and the waves of the sea were hushed.

Mark 4:26Jesus also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like – like a man who has scattered seed on the ground,

John 1:13For not to natural conception, nor to human instincts, nor to human will did they owe the new life, but to 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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