³⁹ Jesus said, “I came into this world for judgment, so that those who do not see may see and those who do see may become blind.”^(A)

¹⁹ And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil.^(A)

⁴⁶ I have come as light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.^(A)

¹⁸ to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’^(A)

Jesus the Light of the World

¹² Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.”^(A)

¹¹ But whoever hates a brother or sister is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know the way to go, because the darkness has brought on blindness.^(A)

⁴¹ Isaiah said this because^[a] he saw his glory and spoke about him.^(B)