²³ But Jesus *answered them by saying, “^(A)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(B)be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly I say to you, ^(C)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ^25 (D)The one who loves his ^[a]life loses it, and the one who ^(E)hates his ^[b]life in this world will keep it ^[c]to eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone ^[d]serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(F)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^[e]serves Me, the Father will ^(G)honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

²⁷ “^(H)Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘^(I)Father, save Me from ^(J)this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ^28 (K)Father, glorify Your name.” Then a ^(L)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹ So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(M)An angel has spoken to Him!” ³⁰ Jesus responded and said, “^(N)This voice has not come for My sake, but for yours. ^31 (O)Now judgment is upon this world; now ^(P)the ruler of this world will be cast out. ³² And I, if I ^(Q)am lifted up from the earth, will ^(R)draw all people to Myself.” ³³ Now He was saying this ^(S)to indicate what kind of death He was going to die. ³⁴ The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from ^(T)the Law that ^(U)the ^[f]Christ is to remain forever; and how is it that You say, ‘The ^(V)Son of Man must be ^(W)lifted up’? Who is this ^(X)Son of Man?” ³⁵ So Jesus said to them, “^(Y)For a little while longer ^(Z)the Light is among you. ^(AA)Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who ^(AB)walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, ^(AC)believe in the Light, so that you may become ^(AD)sons of Light.”

These things Jesus proclaimed, and He went away and ^(AE)hid Himself from them.

⁵ for you are all ^(A)sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of ^(B)darkness;

⁹ But you are ^(A)a chosen people, a royal ^(B)priesthood, a ^(C)holy nation, ^(D)a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you ^(E)out of darkness into His marvelous light; ^10 (F)for you once were not a people, but now you are the people of God; you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

God Is Light

^5 (A)This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that ^(B)God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. ^6 (C)If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we ^(D)lie and ^(E)do not practice the truth; ⁷ but if we ^(F)walk in the Light as ^(G)He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and ^(H)the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. ^8 (I)If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the ^(J)truth is not in us. ^9 (K)If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and ^(L)cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ^10 (M)If we say that we have not sinned, we ^(N)make Him a liar and ^(O)His word is not in us.

^8 [a]On the other hand, I am writing ^(A)a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because ^(B)the darkness is passing away and ^(C)the true Light is already shining. ⁹ The one who says that he is in the Light and yet ^(D)hates his ^(E)brother or sister is in the darkness until now. ^10 (F)The one who loves his brother and sister remains in the Light, and there is nothing in him to cause stumbling. ¹¹ But the one who ^(G)hates his brother or sister is in the darkness and ^(H)walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has ^(I)blinded his eyes.