John 12:32-50 ▼

32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”

33 But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was about to die.

34 The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how do You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

35 So Jesus said to them, “For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

36 While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light.” These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them.

37 But though He had done so many signs before them, they still were not believing in Him,

38 so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?”

39 For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

40 “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, LEST THEY SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART, AND RETURN AND I HEAL THEM.”

41 These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke about Him.

42 Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue;

43 for they loved the glory of men rather than the glory of God.

44 And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.

45 And he who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

46 I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

47 And if anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 He who rejects Me and does not receive My words, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him on the last day.

49 For I did not speak from Myself, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment—what to say and what to speak.

50 And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”