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44 Jesus shouted to the crowds, “If you trust me, you are trusting not only me, but also God who sent me. 45 For when you see me, you are seeing the one who sent me. 46 I have come as a light to shine in this dark world, so that all who put their trust in me will no longer remain in the dark. 47 I will not judge those who hear me but don’t obey me, for I have come to save the world and not to judge it. 48 But all who reject me and my message will be judged on the day of judgment by the truth I have spoken. 49 I don’t speak on my own authority. The Father who sent me has commanded me what to say and how to say it. 50 And I know his commands lead to eternal life; so I say whatever the Father tells me to say.”

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Jesus’ Final Public Words

44 But Jesus shouted out,[a] “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,[b] 45 and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.[c] 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. 47 If anyone[d] hears my words and does not obey them,[e] I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.[f] 48 The one who rejects me and does not accept[g] my words has a judge;[h] the word[i] I have spoken will judge him at the last day. 49 For I have not spoken from my own authority,[j] but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me[k] what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life.[l] Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”[m]

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Footnotes

  1. John 12:44 tn Grk “shouted out and said.”
  2. John 12:44 sn The one who sent me refers to God the Father.
  3. John 12:45 sn Cf. John 1:18 and 14:9.
  4. John 12:47 tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.
  5. John 12:47 tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”
  6. John 12:47 sn Cf. John 3:17.
  7. John 12:48 tn Or “does not receive.”
  8. John 12:48 tn Grk “has one who judges him.”
  9. John 12:48 tn Or “message.”
  10. John 12:49 tn Grk “I have not spoken from myself.”
  11. John 12:49 tn Grk “has given me commandment.”
  12. John 12:50 tn Or “his commandment results in eternal life.”
  13. John 12:50 tn Grk “The things I speak, just as the Father has spoken to me, thus I speak.”