You should not be surprised when I say,‘ You must all be born again.’

我说：‘你们必须重生’，你不要以为希奇。

我说‘你们必须重生’，你不要惊讶。

我说‘你们必须重生’，你不要惊讶。

所以我说你们必须重生，你不要惊奇。

你不要因为我对你说‘你们必须重生’而感到希奇。

我说‘你们必须重生’，你不要感到惊奇。

我說：『你們必須重生』，你不要以為希奇。

我說『你們必須重生』，你不要驚訝。

我說『你們必須重生』，你不要驚訝。

所以我說你們必須重生，你不要驚奇。

你不要因為我對你說‘你們必須重生’而感到希奇。

我對你說：「你們必須重生」，你不要希奇。

我說『你們必須重生』，你不要感到驚奇。

我語爾必更生、勿以為奇、

我言必更生、勿以為奇、

我言爾曹必當重生、毋以為奇、

我告爾必須重生、勿以為異；

You should not be surprised at my saying,‘ You must be born again.’

Do not marvel that I said to you,‘ You must be born again.’

So don’t be surprised when I say,‘ You must be born again.’

Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.

Do not be amazed that I said to you,‘ You must be born again.’

Do not marvel that I said to you,‘ You must be born again.’

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.

Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again.

Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

Do not be amazed that I said to you,‘ You must all be born from above.’

Don’t marvel that I said to you,‘ You must be born anew.’

Jesus replied,“ What I’m about to tell you is true. No one can see God’s kingdom unless they are born again.”

You were taught not to live the way you used to. You must get rid of your old way of life. That’s because it has been made impure by the desire for things that lead you astray.You were taught to be made new in your thinking.You were taught to start living a new life. It is created to be truly good and holy, just as God is.

Only what is pure will enter the city. No one who causes people to believe lies will enter it. No one who does shameful things will enter it either. Only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life will enter the city.

Jesus told them still another story.“ The kingdom of heaven is like yeast,” he said.“ A woman mixed it into 60 pounds of flour. The yeast worked its way all through the dough.”Jesus spoke all these things to the crowd using stories. He did not say anything to them without telling a story.So the words spoken by the prophet came true. He had said,“ I will open my mouth and tell stories. I will speak about things that were hidden since the world was made.”( Psalm 78:2)

“ Do not be amazed at this. A time is coming when all who are in their graves will hear his voice.

You have made yourselves pure by obeying the truth. So you have an honest and true love for each other. So love one another deeply, from your hearts.

Brothers and sisters, God has shown you his mercy. So I am asking you to offer up your bodies to him while you are still alive. Your bodies are a holy sacrifice that is pleasing to God. When you offer your bodies to God, you are worshiping him in the right way.Don’t live the way this world lives. Let your way of thinking be completely changed. Then you will be able to test what God wants for you. And you will agree that what he wants is right. His plan is good and pleasing and perfect.

What if God chose to show his great anger? What if he chose to make his power known? But he put up with the people he was angry with. They were made to be destroyed.What if he put up with them to show the riches of his glory to other people? Those other people are the ones he shows his mercy to. He made them to receive his glory.We are those people. He has chosen us. We do not come only from the Jewish race. Many of us are not Jews.God says in Hosea,“ I will call those who are not my people‘ my people.’ I will call the one who is not my loved one‘ my loved one.’ ”( Hosea 2:23)

“ Can human beings really be pure? Can those who are born really be right with God?

Try your best to live in peace with everyone. Try hard to be holy. Without holiness no one will see the Lord.

Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about his teaching. So he said to them,“ Does this upset you?Then what if you see the Son of Man go up to where he was before?The Holy Spirit gives life. The body means nothing at all. The words I have spoken to you are full of the Spirit. They give life.

You should obey your Father. You shouldn’t give in to evil desires. They controlled your life when you didn’t know any better.The God who chose you is holy. So you should be holy in all that you do.It is written,“ Be holy, because I am holy.”( Leviticus 11:44, 45; 19:2)

I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you do not believe. So how will you believe if I speak about heavenly things?

We want you to give thanks with joy to the Father. He has made you fit to have what he will give to all his holy people. You will all receive a share in the kingdom of light.

What should we say then? Do we Jews have any advantage? Not at all! We have already claimed that Jews and Gentiles are sinners. Everyone is under the power of sin.It is written,“ No one is right with God, no one at all.No one understands. No one trusts in God.All of them have turned away. They have all become worthless. No one does anything good, no one at all.”( Psalms 14:1–3; 53:1–3; Ecclesiastes 7:20)“ Their throats are like open graves. With their tongues they tell lies.”( Psalm 5:9)“ The words from their lips are like the poison of a snake.”( Psalm 140:3)“ Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.”( Psalm 10:7)“ They run quickly to commit murder.They leave a trail of harmful actions.They do not know how to live in peace.”( Isaiah 59:7, 8)“ They don’t have any respect for God.”( Psalm 36:1)What the law says, it says to those who are ruled by the law. Its purpose is to shut every mouth and make the whole world accountable to God.