John 12:20-36

Legacy Standard Bible

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

²⁰ Now there were some ^(A)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(B)the feast; ²¹ these then came to ^(C)Philip, who was from ^(D)Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ²² Philip *came and *told ^(E)Andrew; Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. ²³ And Jesus *answered them, saying, “^(F)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(G)be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(H)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ^25 (I)He who loves his ^[a]life loses it, and he who ^(J)hates his ^[b]life in this world will keep it to life eternal. ²⁶ If anyone ^[c]serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(K)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^[d]serves Me, the Father will ^(L)honor him.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

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

These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and ^[f](AL)hid Himself from them.