요한복음 3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Context
This verse from 요한복음 Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. 바리새인들의 외식을 화(woes)로 책망하시며, 그들이 지식의 열쇠를 빼앗아 사람들을 들어가지 못하게 한다고 꾸짖으신다. 무화과나무 비유와 충성된 청지기 비유를 통해 깨어 준비하라 촉구하신다.
다른 번역본
The wind bloweth where it will, and thou hearest the voice thereof, but knowest not whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
the Spirit where he willeth doth blow, and his voice thou dost hear, but thou hast not known whence he cometh, and whither he goeth; thus is every one who hath been born of the Spirit.'
The wind goes where its pleasure takes it, and the sound of it comes to your ears, but you are unable to say where it comes from and where it goes: so it is with everyone whose birth is from the Spirit.
상호 참조
For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts …
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle …
If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.
He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son …
Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because …
He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb …
And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so …