John 3:4-5

3:4 Nicodemus said to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?” ¹ 

3:5 Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, ²  unless a person is born of water and spirit, ³  he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

¹ tn The grammatical structure of the question in Greek presupposes a negative reply.

² tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

³ tn Or “born of water and wind” (the same Greek word, πνεύματος [pneumatos], may be translated either “spirit/Spirit” or “wind”).