John 12:21-50 ▼

21 these then came near to Philip, who [is] from Bethsaida of Galilee, and were asking him, saying, “Lord, we wish to see Jesus”;

22 Philip comes and tells Andrew, and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.

23 And Jesus responded to them, saying, “The hour has come that the Son of Man may be glorified;

24 truly, truly, I say to you, if the grain of the wheat, having fallen to the earth, may not die, itself remains alone; and if it may die, it bears much fruit;

25 he who is cherishing his life will lose it, and he who is hating his life in this world will keep it to continuous life;

26 if anyone may minister to Me, let him follow Me, and where I am, there My servant will be also; and if anyone may minister to Me—the Father will honor him.

27 Now My soul has been troubled; and what will I say—Father, save Me from this hour? But because of this I came to this hour;

28 Father, glorify Your Name.” Therefore there came a voice out of Heaven, “I both glorified, and again I will glorify [it]”;

29 the multitude, therefore, having stood and heard, were saying that there has been thunder; others said, “A messenger has spoken to Him.”

30 Jesus answered and said, “This voice has not come because of Me, but because of you;

31 now is a judgment of this world, now will the ruler of this world be cast forth;

32 and I, if I may be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.”

33 And this He said signifying by what death He was about to die;

34 the multitude answered Him, “We heard that the Christ remains out of the Law—throughout the age; and how do You say that it is required that the Son of Man be lifted up? Who is this—the Son of Man?”

35 Therefore Jesus said to them, “Yet a short time is the light with you; walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he who is walking in the darkness has not known where he goes;

36 while you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.” Jesus spoke these things, and having gone away, He was hid from them,

37 yet He, having done so many signs before them, they were not believing in Him,

38 that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said, “LORD, who gave credence to our report? And the arm of the LORD—to whom was it revealed?”

39 Because of this they were not able to believe, that again Isaiah said,

40 “He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart, that they might not see with the eyes, and understand with the heart, and turn, and I might heal them”;

41 Isaiah said these things when he saw His glory, and spoke of Him.

42 Still, however, out of the rulers many also believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing, that they might not be put out of the synagogue,

43 for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

44 And Jesus cried and said, “He who is believing in Me, does not believe in Me, but in Him who sent Me;

45 and He who is beholding Me, beholds Him who sent Me;

46 I—light to the world—have come, that everyone who is believing in Me may not remain in the darkness;

47 and if anyone may hear My sayings, and not believe, I do not judge him, for I did not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.

48 He who is rejecting Me, and not receiving My sayings, has one who is judging him, the word that I spoke, that will judge him in the last day,

49 because I did not speak from Myself, but the Father who sent Me, He gave Me a command, what I may say, and what I may speak,

50 and I have known that His command is continuous life; what, therefore, I speak, according as the Father has said to Me, so I speak.”