John 3:9-16

   9: Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?
   10: Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?
   11: Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
   12: If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?
   13: And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
   14: And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:
   15: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
   16: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.