⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who ^(A)looks on the Son and ^(B)believes in him ^(C)should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

² looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, ^(A)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising ^(B)the shame, and ^(C)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

⁸ And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.” ⁹ So ^(A)Moses made a bronze^[a] serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

Him Whom They Have Pierced

¹⁰ “And ^(A)I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and ^(B)pleas for mercy, so that, ^(C)when they look on me, on him whom they have pierced, ^(D)they shall mourn for him, ^(E)as one mourns for an only child, and weep bitterly over him, as one weeps over a firstborn.

^13 (A)No one has ^(B)ascended into heaven except ^(C)he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.^{[a] 14} And ^(D)as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man ^(E)be lifted up, ¹⁵ that whoever believes ^(F)in him ^(G)may have eternal life.^[b]

For God So Loved the World

¹⁶ “For ^(H)God so loved ^(I)the world,^{[c] (J)}that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not ^(K)perish but have eternal life.

¹² O our God, will you not ^(A)execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but ^(B)our eyes are on you.”