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35 Jesus said to them, “The light is in you[a] for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.

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  1. 12.35 Other ancient authorities read with you

35 Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light(A) just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light,(B) before darkness overtakes you.(C) Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.

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46 I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.(A)

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46 I have come into the world as a light,(A) so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

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Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

16 “A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me.”(A)

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The Disciples’ Grief Will Turn to Joy

16 Jesus went on to say, “In a little while(A) you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”(B)

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If we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.(A)

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If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness,(A) we lie and do not live out the truth.(B) But if we walk in the light,(C) as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all[a] sin.(D)

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  1. 1 John 1:7 Or every

Jesus the Light of the World

12 Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”(A)

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Dispute Over Jesus’ Testimony

12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am(A) the light of the world.(B) Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”(C)

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for once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Walk as children of light,(A)

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For you were once(A) darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light(B)

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10 But those who walk at night stumble because the light is not in them.”

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10 It is when a person walks at night that they stumble, for they have no light.”

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36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of light.”

The Unbelief of the People

After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.(A)

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36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(A) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(B)

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We[a] must work the works of him who sent me[b] while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.(A) As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(B)

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  1. 9.4 Other ancient authorities read I
  2. 9.4 Other ancient authorities read us

As long as it is day,(A) we must do the works of him who sent me. Night is coming, when no one can work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”(B)

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16 Give glory to the Lord your God
    before he brings darkness
and before your feet stumble
    on the mountains at twilight;
while you look for light,
    he turns it into gloom
    and makes it deep darkness.(A)
17 But if you will not listen,
    my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears
    because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.(B)

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16 Give glory(A) to the Lord your God
    before he brings the darkness,
before your feet stumble(B)
    on the darkening hills.
You hope for light,
    but he will turn it to utter darkness
    and change it to deep gloom.(C)
17 If you do not listen,(D)
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,(E)
    because the Lord’s flock(F) will be taken captive.(G)

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33 Jesus then said, “I will be with you a little while longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.(A)

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33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time,(A) and then I am going to the one who sent me.(B)

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O house of Jacob,
    come, let us walk
in the light of the Lord!(A)

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Come, descendants of Jacob,(A)
    let us walk in the light(B) of the Lord.

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for you are all children of light and children of the day; we are not of the night or of darkness. So, then, let us not fall asleep as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober,(A) for those who sleep sleep at night, and those who are drunk get drunk at night.(B) But since we belong to the day, let us be sober and put on the breastplate of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation.(C)

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You are all children of the light(A) and children of the day. We do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us not be like others, who are asleep,(B) but let us be awake(C) and sober.(D) For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night.(E) But since we belong to the day,(F) let us be sober, putting on faith and love as a breastplate,(G) and the hope of salvation(H) as a helmet.(I)

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