The Unbelief of Jesus’ Brothers

7 After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee,^(A) since He did not want to travel in Judea^(B) because the Jews^(C) were trying to kill Him.^{(D) 2} The Jewish Festival of Tabernacles^[a][b](E) was near, ³ so His brothers^(F) said to Him, “Leave here and go to Judea so Your disciples can see Your works^(G) that You are doing. ⁴ For no one does anything in secret while he’s seeking public recognition. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world.” ⁵ (For not even His brothers believed in Him.)

⁶ Jesus told them, “My time^(H) has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand. ⁷ The world cannot hate^(I) you, but it does hate Me because I testify about it—that its deeds are evil. ⁸ Go up to the festival yourselves. I’m not going up to the festival yet,^[c] because My time has not yet fully come.” ⁹ After He had said these things, He stayed in Galilee.

Jesus at the Festival of Tabernacles

¹⁰ After His brothers had gone up to the festival, then He also went up, not openly but secretly. ¹¹ The Jews were looking for Him at the festival and saying, “Where is He?” ¹² And there was a lot of discussion about Him among the crowds. Some were saying, “He’s a good^(J) man.” Others were saying, “No, on the contrary, He’s deceiving^(K) the people.” ¹³ Still, nobody was talking publicly about Him because they feared the Jews.

¹⁴ When the festival was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple complex^(L) and began to teach. ¹⁵ Then the Jews were amazed and said, “How does He know the Scriptures,^(M) since He hasn’t been trained?”

¹⁶ Jesus answered them, “My teaching isn’t Mine but is from the One who sent Me.^{(N) 17} If anyone wants to do His will,^(O) he will understand whether the teaching is from God or if I am speaking on My own. ¹⁸ The one who speaks for himself seeks his own glory.^(P) But He who seeks the glory^(Q) of the One who sent Him is true,^(R) and there is no unrighteousness in Him.^{(S) 19} Didn’t Moses^(T) give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law!^(U) Why do you want to kill Me?”

²⁰ “You have a demon!” the crowd responded. “Who wants to kill You?”

²¹ “I did one work,^(V) and you are all amazed,” Jesus answered. ²² “Consider this: Moses has given you circumcision^(W)—not that it comes from Moses but from the fathers^(X)—and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.^{(Y) 23} If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath^(Z) so that the law of Moses^(AA) won’t be broken, are you angry at Me because I made a man entirely well on the Sabbath? ²⁴ Stop judging^(AB) according to outward appearances; rather judge according to righteous judgment.”

The Identity of the Messiah

²⁵ Some of the people of Jerusalem^(AC) were saying, “Isn’t this the man they want to kill? ²⁶ Yet, look! He’s speaking publicly and they’re saying nothing to Him. Can it be true that the authorities^(AD) know He is the Messiah?^{(AE) 27} But we know where this man is from.^(AF) When the Messiah comes, nobody will know where He is from.”

²⁸ As He was teaching in the temple complex,^(AG) Jesus cried out, “You know Me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me^(AH) is true. You don’t know Him;^{(AI) 29} I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.”^(AJ)

³⁰ Then they tried to seize Him. Yet no one laid a hand on Him because His hour^[d] had not yet come. ³¹ However, many from the crowd believed in Him and said, “When the Messiah comes, He won’t perform more signs than this man has done,^(AK) will He?”

³² The Pharisees^(AL) heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, so the chief priests^(AM) and the Pharisees sent temple police to arrest Him.

³³ Then Jesus said, “I am only with you for a short time.^(AN) Then I’m going to the One who sent Me.^{(AO) 34} You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”^(AP)

³⁵ Then the Jews^(AQ) said to one another, “Where does He intend to go so we won’t find Him? He doesn’t intend to go to the Dispersion^[e](AR) among the Greeks^(AS) and teach the Greeks, does He? ³⁶ What is this remark He made: ‘You will look for Me, and you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come’^(AT)?”

The Promise of the Spirit

³⁷ On the last and most important day of the festival,^(AU) Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me^[f](AV) and drink!^{(AW) 38} The one who believes in Me,^(AX) as the Scripture^(AY) has said,^[g] will have streams of living water^(AZ) flow^(BA) from deep within him.” ³⁹ He said this about the Spirit.^(BB) Those who believed in Jesus were going to receive the Spirit,^(BC) for the Spirit^[h] had not yet been received^[i][j] because Jesus had not yet been glorified.

The People Are Divided over Jesus

⁴⁰ When some from the crowd heard these words, they said, “This really is the Prophet!”^{[k](BD) 41} Others said, “This is the Messiah!” But some said, “Surely the Messiah doesn’t come from Galilee, does He? ⁴² Doesn’t the Scripture^(BE) say that the Messiah comes from David’s^(BF) offspring^[l] and from the town of Bethlehem,^(BG) where David once lived?” ⁴³ So a division^(BH) occurred among the crowd because of Him. ⁴⁴ Some of them wanted to seize Him,^(BI) but no one laid hands on Him.

Debate over Jesus’ Claims

⁴⁵ Then the temple police^(BJ) came to the chief priests^(BK) and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why haven’t you brought Him?”

⁴⁶ The police answered, “No man ever spoke like this!”^[m](BL)

⁴⁷ Then the Pharisees responded to them: “Are you fooled^(BM) too? ⁴⁸ Have any of the rulers^(BN) or Pharisees believed in Him? ⁴⁹ But this crowd, which doesn’t know the law, is accursed!”

⁵⁰ Nicodemus^(BO)—the one who came to Him previously, being one of them—said to them, ⁵¹ “Our law doesn’t judge a man before it hears from him and knows what he’s doing, does it?”^(BP)

⁵² “You aren’t from Galilee^(BQ) too, are you?” they replied. “Investigate and you will see that no prophet arises from Galilee.”^[n](BR)

[⁵³ So each one went to his house. 8 ¹ But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.^(BS)

An Adulteress Forgiven

² At dawn He went to the temple complex^(BT) again, and all the people were coming to Him.^(BU) He sat down^(BV) and began to teach them.

³ Then the scribes and the Pharisees^(BW) brought a woman caught in adultery,^(BX) making her stand in the center. ⁴ “Teacher,” they said to Him, “this woman was caught in the act of committing adultery.^{(BY) 5} In the law Moses^(BZ) commanded us to stone such women.^(CA) So what do You say?” ⁶ They asked this to trap Him,^(CB) in order that they might have evidence to accuse Him.

Jesus stooped down and started writing on the ground with His finger. ⁷ When they persisted in questioning Him, He stood up and said to them, “The one without sin^(CC) among you^(CD) should be the first to throw a stone at her.”^(CE)

⁸ Then He stooped down again and continued writing on the ground. ⁹ When they heard this, they left one by one, starting with the older men. Only He was left, with the woman in the center. ¹⁰ When Jesus stood up, He said to her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?”

¹¹ “No one, Lord,”^[o] she answered.

“Neither do I condemn you,”^(CF) said Jesus. “Go, and from now on do not sin anymore.”]^[p]

The Light of the World

¹² Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am^(CG) the light^(CH) of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”^(CI)

¹³ So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”^[q]

¹⁴ “Even if I testify about Myself,” Jesus replied, “My testimony is valid,^[r] because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.^{(CJ) 15} You judge^(CK) by human standards.^[s](CL) I judge no one.^{(CM) 16} And if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me judge^(CN) together.^{(CO) 17} Even in your law it is written that the witness of two men is valid.^{(CP) 18} I am the One who testifies^(CQ) about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

¹⁹ Then they asked Him, “Where is Your Father?”

“You know neither Me nor My Father,”^(CR) Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would also know My Father.”^{(CS) 20} He spoke these words by the treasury,^[t](CT) while teaching in the temple complex. But no one seized Him, because His hour^[u] had not come.

Jesus Predicts His Departure

²¹ Then He said to them again, “I’m going away;^(CU) you will look for Me, and you will die in your sin.^(CV) Where I’m going, you cannot come.”^(CW)

²² So the Jews said again, “He won’t kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I’m going, you cannot come’^(CX)?”

²³ “You are from below,” He told them, “I am from above.^(CY) You are of this world;^(CZ) I am not of this world.^{(DA) 24} Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He,^[v] you will die in your sins.”

²⁵ “Who are You?” they questioned.

“Precisely what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them. ²⁶ “I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me^(DB) is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”^(DC)

²⁷ They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸ So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man,^(DD) then you will know that I am^(DE) He, and that I do nothing on My own.^(DF) But just as the Father taught Me, I say these things. ²⁹ The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone,^(DG) because I always do what pleases Him.”

Truth and Freedom

³⁰ As He was saying these things, many believed in Him. ³¹ So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word,^[w](DH) you really are My disciples. ³² You will know the truth,^(DI) and the truth will set you free.”

³³ “We are descendants^[x] of Abraham,”^(DJ) they answered Him, “and we have never been enslaved to anyone. How can You say, ‘You will become free’?”

³⁴ Jesus responded, “I assure you: Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.^{(DK) 35} A slave does not remain in the household forever,^(DL) but a son does remain forever.^{(DM) 36} Therefore, if the Son sets you free, you really will be free. ³⁷ I know you are descendants^[y] of Abraham,^(DN) but you are trying to kill Me because My word^[z] is not welcome among you. ³⁸ I speak what I have seen^(DO) in the presence of the Father;^[aa](DP) therefore, you do what you have heard from your father.”

³⁹ “Our father is Abraham!” they replied.

“If you were Abraham’s children,” Jesus told them, “you would do what Abraham did.^{(DQ) 40} But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth^(DR) that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! ⁴¹ You’re doing what your father does.”^(DS)

“We weren’t born^(DT) of sexual immorality,”^(DU) they said. “We have one Father—God.”^(DV)

⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me,^(DW) because I came from God^(DX) and I am here. For I didn’t come on My own, but He sent Me. ⁴³ Why don’t you understand what I say? Because you cannot listen to^[ab] My word.^{(DY) 44} You are of your father the Devil,^(DZ) and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer^(EA) from the beginning^(EB) and has not stood in the truth,^(EC) because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature,^[ac] because he is a liar and the father of liars.^{[ad] 45} Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. ⁴⁶ Who among you can convict Me of sin?^(ED) If I tell the truth, why don’t you believe Me? ⁴⁷ The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”

Jesus and Abraham

⁴⁸ The Jews responded to Him, “Aren’t we right in saying that You’re a Samaritan^(EE) and have a demon?”^(EF)

⁴⁹ “I do not have a demon,” Jesus answered. “On the contrary, I honor My Father and you dishonor Me. ⁵⁰ I do not seek My glory;^(EG) the One who seeks it also judges. ⁵¹ I assure you: If anyone keeps My word,^(EH) he will never see death—ever!”

⁵² Then the Jews said, “Now we know You have a demon. Abraham died and so did the prophets. You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste death—ever!’ ⁵³ Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”^[ae]

⁵⁴ “If I glorify Myself,” Jesus answered, “My glory is nothing. My Father—you say about Him, ‘He is our God’—He is the One who glorifies Me. ⁵⁵ You’ve never known Him, but I know Him. If I were to say I don’t know Him,^(EI) I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him,^(EJ) and I keep His word. ⁵⁶ Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see My day; he saw it^(EK) and rejoiced.”

⁵⁷ The Jews replied, “You aren’t 50 years old yet, and You’ve seen Abraham?”^[af]

⁵⁸ Jesus said to them, “I assure you: Before Abraham was, I am.”^[ag](EL)

⁵⁹ At that, they picked up stones^(EM) to throw at Him.^(EN) But Jesus was hidden^[ah](EO) and went out of the temple complex.^[ai](EP)

Lazarus Dies at Bethany

11 Now a man was sick, Lazarus, from Bethany,^(A) the village of Mary and her sister Martha.^{(B) 2} Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair,^(C) and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. ³ So the sisters sent a message to Him: “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

⁴ When Jesus heard it, He said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God,^(D) so that the Son of God^(E) may be glorified through it.” ⁵ Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. ⁶ So when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. ⁷ Then after that, He said to the disciples, “Let’s go to Judea^(F) again.”

⁸ “Rabbi,”^(G) the disciples told Him, “just now the Jews tried to stone You,^(H) and You’re going there again?”

⁹ “Aren’t there 12 hours in a day?” Jesus answered. “If anyone walks during the day, he doesn’t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.^{(I) 10} If anyone walks during the night,^(J) he does stumble, because the light is not in him.” ¹¹ He said this, and then He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,^(K) but I’m on My way to wake him up.”

¹² Then the disciples said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will get well.”

¹³ Jesus, however, was speaking about his death, but they thought He was speaking about natural sleep. ¹⁴ So Jesus then told them plainly, “Lazarus has died. ¹⁵ I’m glad for you that I wasn’t there so that you may believe. But let’s go to him.”

¹⁶ Then Thomas^(L) (called “Twin”) said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go so that we may die with Him.”

The Resurrection and the Life

¹⁷ When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb^(M) four days. ¹⁸ Bethany was near Jerusalem^(N) (about two miles^[a] away). ¹⁹ Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. ²⁰ As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him. But Mary remained seated in the house.

²¹ Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. ²² Yet even now I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You.”

²³ “Your brother will rise^(O) again,” Jesus told her.

²⁴ Martha said, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”^(P)

²⁵ Jesus said to her, “I am^(Q) the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me,^(R) even if he dies, will live.^{(S) 26} Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die—ever.^(T) Do you believe this?”

²⁷ “Yes, Lord,” she told Him, “I believe You are the Messiah,^(U) the Son^(V) of God, who comes into the world.”^(W)

Jesus Shares the Sorrow of Death

²⁸ Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”

²⁹ As soon as she heard this, she got up quickly and went to Him.^{(X) 30} Jesus had not yet come into the village but was still in the place where Martha had met Him. ³¹ The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw that Mary got up quickly and went out. So they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb^(Y) to cry there.

³² When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet^(Z) and told Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died!”

³³ When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, He was angry^[b] in His spirit^(AA) and deeply moved. ³⁴ “Where have you put him?” He asked.

“Lord,” they told Him, “come and see.”

³⁵ Jesus wept.^(AB)

³⁶ So the Jews said, “See how He loved^(AC) him!” ³⁷ But some of them said, “Couldn’t He who opened the blind man’s eyes^(AD) also have kept this man from dying?”

The Seventh Sign: Raising Lazarus from the Dead

³⁸ Then Jesus, angry^[c] in Himself again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it.^{(AE) 39} “Remove the stone,” Jesus said.

Martha, the dead man’s sister, told Him, “Lord, he’s already decaying.^[d] It’s been four days.”

⁴⁰ Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory^(AF) of God?”^(AG)

⁴¹ So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes and said, “Father, I thank^(AH) You that You heard Me.^{(AI) 42} I know that You always hear Me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so they may believe You sent^(AJ) Me.” ⁴³ After He said this, He shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴ The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him and let him go.”

The Plot to Kill Jesus

⁴⁵ Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what He did believed in Him.^{(AK) 46} But some of them went to the Pharisees^(AL) and told them what Jesus had done.

⁴⁷ So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin^(AM) and said, “What are we going to do since this man does many signs? ⁴⁸ If we let Him continue in this way, everyone will believe in Him! Then the Romans^(AN) will come and remove both our place^[e] and our nation.”

⁴⁹ One of them, Caiaphas,^(AO) who was high priest^(AP) that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all! ⁵⁰ You’re not considering that it is to your^[f] advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.”^{(AQ) 51} He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was going to die^(AR) for the nation, ⁵² and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children^(AS) of God. ⁵³ So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.^{(AT) 54} Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly^(AU) among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness,^(AV) to a town called Ephraim. And He stayed there with the disciples.

⁵⁵ The Jewish Passover^(AW) was near, and many went up to Jerusalem^(AX) from the country to purify^[g] themselves before the Passover. ⁵⁶ They were looking for Jesus and asking one another as they stood in the temple complex:^(AY) “What do you think? He won’t come to the festival,^(AZ) will He?” ⁵⁷ The chief priests^(BA) and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it so they could arrest Him.

The Anointing at Bethany

12 Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany^(BB) where Lazarus^[h] was, the one Jesus had raised from the dead.^{(BC) 2} So^(BD) they gave a dinner for Him there; Martha^(BE) was serving them, and Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. ³ Then Mary took a pound of fragrant oil—pure and expensive nard—anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped His feet with her hair.^(BF) So the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

⁴ Then one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot^(BG) (who was about to betray Him), said, ⁵ “Why wasn’t this fragrant oil sold for 300 denarii^[i](BH) and given to the poor?” ⁶ He didn’t say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief.^(BI) He was in charge of the money-bag and would steal part of what was put in it.

⁷ Jesus answered, “Leave her alone; she has kept it for the day of My burial.^{(BJ) 8} For you always have the poor with you,^(BK) but you do not always have Me.”

The Decision to Kill Lazarus

⁹ Then a large crowd of the Jews learned He was there. They came not only because of Jesus, but also to see Lazarus the one He had raised from the dead.^{(BL) 10} Therefore the chief priests decided to kill Lazarus also ¹¹ because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them^[j] and believing in Jesus.

The Triumphal Entry

¹² The^(BM) next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³ they took palm branches^(BN) and went out to meet Him. They kept shouting: “Hosanna!^(BO) He who comes in the name of the Lord is the blessed One^(BP)[k]—the King of Israel!”^(BQ)

¹⁴ Jesus found a young donkey^(BR) and sat on it, just as it is written: ¹⁵ Fear no more,^(BS) Daughter Zion. Look, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt.^(BT)[l]

¹⁶ His disciples did not understand these things at first. However, when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written about Him^(BU) and that they had done these things to Him. ¹⁷ Meanwhile, the crowd, which had been with Him when He called Lazarus out of the tomb^(BV) and raised him from the dead, continued to testify.^{[m] 18} This is also why the crowd met Him, because they heard He had done this sign.

¹⁹ Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You see? You’ve accomplished nothing. Look—the world has gone after Him!”^(BW)

Jesus Predicts His Crucifixion

²⁰ Now some Greeks were among those who went up to worship at the festival. ²¹ So they came to Philip,^(BX) who was from Bethsaida^(BY) in Galilee,^(BZ) and requested of him, “Sir,^(CA) we want to see Jesus.”

²² Philip went and told Andrew;^(CB) then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. ²³ Jesus replied to them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man^(CC) to be glorified.

²⁴ “I assure you: Unless a grain of wheat^(CD) falls to the ground and dies, it remains by itself. But if it dies, it produces a large crop.^{[n](CE) 25} The one who loves his life will lose it,^(CF) and the one who hates^(CG) his life^(CH) in this world will keep it for eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there My servant^(CI) also will be.^(CJ) If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor^(CK) him.

²⁷ “Now My soul is troubled. What should I say—Father, save Me^(CL) from this hour? But that is why I came to this hour. ²⁸ Father, glorify Your name!”^[o](CM)

Then a voice^(CN) came from heaven:^(CO) “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again!”^(CP)

²⁹ The crowd standing there heard it and said it was thunder. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

³⁰ Jesus responded, “This voice came, not for Me, but for you.^{(CQ) 31} Now is the judgment of this world.^(CR) Now the ruler of this world^(CS) will be cast out.^{(CT) 32} As for Me, if I am lifted up^[p] from the earth I will draw all people to Myself.”^{(CU) 33} He said this to signify what kind of death He was about to die.^(CV)

³⁴ Then the crowd replied to Him, “We have heard from the scripture that the Messiah will remain forever.^(CW) So how can You say, ‘The Son of Man^(CX) must be lifted up’?^[q] Who is this Son of Man?”

³⁵ Jesus answered, “The light will be with you only a little longer.^(CY) Walk while you have the light^(CZ) so that darkness doesn’t overtake you.^(DA) The one who walks in darkness doesn’t know where he’s going.^{(DB) 36} While you have the light,^(DC) believe in the light so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them.^(DD)

Isaiah’s Prophecies Fulfilled

³⁷ Even though He had performed so many signs in their presence, they did not believe in Him. ³⁸ But this was to fulfill^(DE) the word of Isaiah^(DF) the prophet, who said:^[r]

³⁹ This is why they were unable to believe, because Isaiah also said:

⁴¹ Isaiah said these things because^[u] he saw His glory^(DM) and spoke about Him.

⁴² Nevertheless, many did believe in Him even among the rulers,^(DN) but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, so they would not be banned from the synagogue. ⁴³ For they loved praise from men^(DO) more than praise from God.^[v](DP)

A Summary of Jesus’ Mission

⁴⁴ Then Jesus cried out, “The one who believes in Me^(DQ) believes not in Me, but in Him who sent Me. ⁴⁵ And the one who sees Me sees Him^(DR) who sent Me. ⁴⁶ I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me would not remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone hears My words and doesn’t keep^(DS) them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world^(DT) but to save the world.^{(DU) 48} The one who rejects Me^(DV) and doesn’t accept My sayings has this as his judge:^[w] The word I have spoken will judge him on the last day.^{(DW) 49} For I have not spoken on My own, but the Father^(DX) Himself who sent Me has given Me a command as to what I should say and what I should speak. ⁵⁰ I know that His command is eternal life.^(DY) So the things that I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”^(DZ)