John 12:42-50

Contemporary English Version

⁴² Even then, many of the leaders put their faith in Jesus, but they did not tell anyone about it. The Pharisees had already given orders for the people not to have anything to do with anyone who had faith in Jesus. ⁴³ And besides, the leaders liked praise from others more than they liked praise from God.

Jesus Came To Save the World

⁴⁴ In a loud voice Jesus said:

Everyone who has faith in me also has faith in the one who sent me. ⁴⁵ And everyone who has seen me has seen the one who sent me. ⁴⁶ I am the light that has come into the world. No one who has faith in me will stay in the dark.

⁴⁷ I am not the one who will judge those who refuse to obey my teachings. I came to save the people of this world, not to be their judge. ⁴⁸ But everyone who rejects me and my teachings will be judged on the last day^[a] by what I have said. ⁴⁹ I don't speak on my own. I say only what the Father who sent me has told me to say. ⁵⁰ I know that his commands will bring eternal life. This is why I tell you exactly what the Father has told me.