John 12:27-43

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The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

²⁷^(A)“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, ^(B)save me from ^(C)this hour’? But ^(D)for this purpose I have come to ^(E)this hour. ²⁸Father, glorify your name.” Then ^(F)a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” ²⁹The crowd that stood there and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, ^(G)“An angel has spoken to him.” ³⁰Jesus answered, ^(H)“This voice has come for your sake, not mine. ³¹^(I)Now is the judgment of this world; now will ^(J)the ruler of this world ^(K)be cast out. ³²And I, ^(L)when I am lifted up from the earth, ^(M)will draw ^(N)all people to myself.” ³³He said this ^(O)to show by what kind of death he was going to die. ³⁴So the crowd answered him, “We have heard from the Law that ^(P)the Christ remains forever. How can you say that ^(Q)the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?” ³⁵So Jesus said to them, ^(R)“The light is among you ^(S)for a little while longer. ^(T)Walk while you have the light, lest darkness ^(U)overtake you. ^(V)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 ^(W)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^(X)so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:

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

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

⁴⁰^(AA)“He has blinded their eyes
    and ^(AB)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 ^(AC)he saw his glory and ^(AD)spoke of him. ⁴²Nevertheless, ^(AE)many even of the authorities believed in him, but ^(AF)for fear of the Pharisees they did not ^(AG)confess it, so that they would not be ^(AH)put out of the synagogue; ⁴³^(AI)for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.

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Psalm 42-43

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Book Two

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

To the choirmaster. A Maskil^[a] of ^(A)the Sons of Korah.

42 ^(B)As a deer pants for flowing streams,
    so pants my soul for you, O God.
²^(C)My soul thirsts for God,
    for ^(D)the living God.
When shall I come and ^(E)appear before God?^[b]
³^(F)My tears have been my food
    day and night,
^(G)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”
⁴These things I remember,
    as I ^(H)pour out my soul:
^(I)how I would go ^(J)with the throng
    and lead them in procession to the house of God
with glad shouts and songs of praise,
    ^(K)a multitude keeping festival.

⁵^(L)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you ^(M)in turmoil within me?
^(N)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation^[c] ⁶and my God.

My soul is cast down within me;
    therefore I ^(O)remember you
^(P)from the land of Jordan and of ^(Q)Hermon,
    from Mount Mizar.
⁷Deep calls to deep
    at the roar of your waterfalls;
^(R)all your breakers and your ^(S)waves
    have gone over me.
⁸By day the Lord ^(T)commands his steadfast love,
    and at ^(U)night his song is with me,
    a prayer to the God of my life.
⁹I say to God, ^(V)my rock:
    “Why have you forgotten me?
^(W)Why do I go mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?”
¹⁰As with a deadly wound in my bones,
    my adversaries taunt me,
^(X)while they say to me all the day long,
    “Where is your God?”

¹¹^(Y)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.

Send Out Your Light and Your Truth

43 ^(Z)Vindicate me, O God, and ^(AA)defend my cause
    against an ungodly people,
from ^(AB)the deceitful and unjust man
    deliver me!
²For you are ^(AC)the God in whom I take refuge;
    why have you ^(AD)rejected me?
Why do I ^(AE)go about mourning
    because of the oppression of the enemy?

³^(AF)Send out your light and your truth;
    let them lead me;
let them bring me to your ^(AG)holy hill
    and to your ^(AH)dwelling!
⁴Then I will go to the altar of God,
    to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the lyre,
    O God, my God.

⁵^(AI)Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me?
^(AJ)Hope in God; for I shall again praise him,
my salvation and my God.