John 12:20-50

20Now there were some 1Greeks among those who were going up to worship at 2the feast; 21these then came to 3Philip, who was from 4Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22Philip came and told 5Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus. 23And Jesus answered them, saying, “6The hour has come for the Son of Man to 7be glorified. 24Truly, truly, I say to you, 8unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 259He who loves his 10life loses it, and he who 11hates his 12life in this world will keep it to life eternal. 26If anyone 13serves Me, he must follow Me; and 14where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone 15serves Me, the Father will 16honor him.

27“17Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, ‘18Father, save Me from 19this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. 2820Father, glorify Your name.” Then a 21voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” 29So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “22An angel has spoken to Him.” 30Jesus answered and said, “23This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes. 3124Now judgment is upon this world; now 25the ruler of this world will be cast out. 32And I, if I 26am lifted up from the earth, will 27draw all men to Myself.” 33But He was saying this 28to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die. 34The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard out of 29the Law that 3031the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, ‘The 32Son of Man must be 33lifted up’? Who is this 34Son of Man?” 35So Jesus said to them, “35For a little while longer 36the Light is among you. 37Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who 38walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. 36While you have the Light, 39believe in the Light, so that you may become 40sons of Light.”

These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and 4142hid Himself from them. 37But though He had performed so many 43signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. 38This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: “44Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, 40“45He has blinded their eyes and He 46hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and perceive with their heart, and 47be converted and I heal them.” 41These things Isaiah said because 48he saw His glory, and 49he spoke of Him. 42Nevertheless 50many even of 51the rulers believed in Him, but 52because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be 5354put out of the synagogue; 4355for they loved the 56approval of men rather than the 57approval of God.

44And Jesus cried out and said, “58He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. 4559He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. 4660I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. 47If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for 61I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 4862He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; 63the word I spoke is what will judge him at 64the last day. 4965For I did not speak 66on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me 67has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. 50I know that 68His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak 69just as the Father has told Me.”