John 12:39-50 ▼

39 For this cause they could not believe, for Isaiah said again,

40 “HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES, AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART; LEST THEY SEE WITH THEIR EYES, AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED, AND I HEAL THEM.”

41 These things Isaiah said, because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him.

42 Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue;

43 for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

44 And Jesus cried out and said, “He who believes in Me does not believe in Me, but in Him who sent Me.

45 “And he who beholds Me beholds the One who sent Me.

46 “I have come as light into the world, that everyone who believes in Me may not remain in darkness.

47 “And if anyone hears My sayings, and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 “He who rejects Me, and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day.

49 “For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me commandment, what to say, and what to speak.

50 “And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”