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The Book of John, Chapter 2, Verse 21

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Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?
King James Version
But he spake of the temple of his body.
American Standard Version
But he spake of the temple of his body.
New English Translation
What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.
World English Bible
But he spoke of the temple of his body.
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When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
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Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast [day], many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.
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But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all [men],
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And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man.
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There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews:
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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.
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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.›
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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?
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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.›
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‹That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.›