John 12:34-46

English Standard Version

³⁴So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that ^(A)the Christ remains forever. How can you say that ^(B)the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” ³⁵So Jesus said to them, ^(C)“The light is among you ^(D)for a little while longer. ^(E)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness ^(F)overtake you. ^(G)The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become ^(H)sons of light.”

The Unbelief of the People

When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. ³⁷Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, ³⁸^(I)so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

^(J)“Lord, who has believed what he heard from us,
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

³⁹Therefore they ^(K)could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

⁴⁰^(L)“He has blinded their eyes
    and ^(M)hardened their heart,
lest they see with their eyes,
    and understand with their heart, and turn,
    and I would heal them.”

⁴¹Isaiah said these things because ^(N)he saw his glory and ^(O)spoke of him. ⁴²Nevertheless, ^(P)many even of the authorities believed in him, but ^(Q)for fear of the Pharisees they did not ^(R)confess it, so that they would not be ^(S)put out of the synagogue; ⁴³^(T)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

Jesus Came to Save the World

⁴⁴And Jesus cried out and said, ^(U)“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ^(V)in him who sent me. ⁴⁵And ^(W)whoever ^(X)sees me sees him who sent me. ⁴⁶^(Y)I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.