John 12:37–50

³⁷Although they had seen Jesus perform so many miracles, they wouldn’t believe in him. ³⁸In this way the words of the prophet Isaiah came true: 

“Lord, who has believed our message? 

To whom has the Lord’s power been revealed?” 

³⁹So the people couldn’t believe because, as Isaiah also said, 

⁴⁰“God blinded them 

and made them close-minded 

so that their eyes don’t see 

and their minds don’t understand. 

And they never turn to me for healing!” 

⁴¹Isaiah said this because he had seen Jesus’ glory and had spoken about him. 

⁴²Many rulers believed in Jesus. However, they wouldn’t admit it publicly because the Pharisees would have thrown them out of the synagogue. ⁴³They were more concerned about what people thought of them than about what God thought of them. 

⁴⁴Then Jesus said loudly, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me. ⁴⁵Whoever sees me sees the one who sent me. ⁴⁶I am the light that has come into the world so that everyone who believes in me will not live in the dark. ⁴⁷If anyone hears my words and doesn’t follow them, I don’t condemn them. I didn’t come to condemn the world but to save the world. ⁴⁸Those who reject me by not accepting what I say have a judge appointed for them. The words that I have spoken will judge them on the last day. ⁴⁹I have not spoken on my own. Instead, the Father who sent me told me what I should say and how I should say it. ⁵⁰I know that what he commands is eternal life. Whatever I say is what the Father told me to say.”