John 12:37–50

The People Still Refuse to Believe

³⁷But as many signs as he had performed before them, they did not believe in him, ³⁸in order that the word of the prophet Isaiah would be fulfilled, who said,

“Lord, who has believed our message?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”ⁱ

³⁹For this reason they were not able to believe, because again Isaiah said,

⁴⁰“He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

lest they see with their^* eyes

and understand with their^* hearts

and turn, and I heal them.”^j

⁴¹Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory, and he spoke about him.

⁴²Yet despite that, even many of the rulers believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess it,^* so that they would not be expelled from the synagogue. ⁴³For they loved the praise of men more than praise from God.

Jesus’ Final Public Appeal

⁴⁴But Jesus cried out and said, “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, ⁴⁵and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. ⁴⁶I have come as a light into the world, in order that everyone who believes in me will not remain in the darkness. ⁴⁷And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them,^* I will not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has one who judges him; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. ⁴⁹For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me^k what I should say and what I should speak. ⁵⁰And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So the things that I say, just as the Father said to me, thus I say.”