John 12:20-50

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. ³⁷ But though He had done so many ^[g]signs before them, they still were not believing in Him, ³⁸ so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “^[h](AM)Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the ^[i]Lord been revealed?” ³⁹ For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, ⁴⁰ “^(AN)He has blinded their eyes and He ^(AO)hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and return and I heal them.” ⁴¹ These things Isaiah said because ^(AP)he saw His glory, and ^(AQ)he spoke about Him. ⁴² Nevertheless ^(AR)many even of ^(AS)the rulers believed in Him, but ^(AT)because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, ^[j]for fear that they would be ^(AU)put out of the synagogue; ^43 (AV)for they loved the glory of men rather than the glory of God.

⁴⁴ And Jesus cried out and said, “^(AW)He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. ^45 (AX)And he who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. ^46 (AY)I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ And if anyone hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ^(AZ)I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ^48 (BA)He who rejects Me and does not receive My words, has one who judges him; ^(BB)the word I spoke is what will judge him on ^(BC)the last day. ^49 (BD)For I did not speak from Myself, but the Father Himself who sent Me ^(BE)has given Me a commandment—what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that ^(BF)His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^(BG)just as the Father has told Me.”