John 3:4-6
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[4] Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?" [5] Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God! [6] That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJerusalem was the center of Jewish worship and leadership, where Nicodemus, a Pharisee, came to Jesus. Judea and the Jordan region frame John’s wider setting of Jesus’ and John the Baptist’s ministries, highlighting the need for God’s cleansing and new birth rather than merely covenantal status or ritual observance.
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John 3:4-6 mentions Jerusalem, Jordan and Judea.
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