10 Jesus told Nicodemus, “You’re a well-known teacher of Israel. Can’t you understand this?
11 I can guarantee this truth: We know what we’re talking about, and we confirm what we’ve seen. Yet, you don’t accept our message.
12 If you don’t believe me when I tell you about things on earth, how will you believe me when I tell you about things in heaven?
13 No one has gone to heaven except the Son of Man, who came from heaven.
14 “As Moses lifted up the snake ⌊on a pole⌋ in the desert, so the Son of Man must be lifted up.
15 Then everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.”
16 God loved the world this way: He gave his only Son so that everyone who believes in him will not die but will have eternal life.