A reading from the
gospel according to John. (Jn 3, 7-15)
Jesus said to Nicodemus: “Do not be astonished that I
said to you, ‘You must be born from above.’ The wind blows where it chooses,
and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where
it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.” Nicodemus said to
him, “How can these things be?” Jesus answered him, “Are you a teacher of
Israel, and yet you do not understand these things?
“Very truly, I tell
you, we speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen; yet you do not
receive our testimony. If I have told you about earthly things and you do not
believe, how can you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? No one has
ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of
Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
This is the Word of
the Lord.
