John 3:1-6 There was a man of the pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Iewes

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ There was a man of the pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Iewes ² The same came to Iesus by night, & said vnto him: Rabbi, we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man coulde do these miracles that thou doest, except God were with him ³ Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne agayne, he can not see the kyngdome of God ⁴ Nicodemus sayth vnto hym: Howe can a man be borne when he is olde? can he enter into his mothers wombe, and be borne agayne ⁵ Iesus aunswered: Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, except a man be borne of water and of the spirite, he can not enter into the kyngdome of God ⁶ That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite