John 12:20–36

Some Greeks Seek Jesus

²⁰Now there were some ^aGreeks among those who were going up to worship at ^bthe feast;

²¹these then came to ^aPhilip, who was from ^bBethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

²²Philip ^*came and ^*told ^aAndrew; Andrew and Philip ^*came and ^*told Jesus.

²³And Jesus ^*answered them, saying, “^aThe hour has come for the Son of Man to ^bbe glorified.

²⁴“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^aunless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

²⁵“^aHe who loves his ¹life loses it, and he who ^bhates his ²life in this world will keep it to life eternal.

²⁶“If anyone ¹serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^awhere I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ²serves Me, the Father will ^bhonor him.

The Son of Man Must Be Lifted Up

²⁷“^aNow ^bMy soul has become dismayed; and what shall I say, ‘^cFather, ^dsave Me from ^ethis hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

²⁸“^aFather, glorify Your name.” Then a ^bvoice came from 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, “^aAn angel has spoken to Him.”

³⁰Jesus answered and said, “^aThis voice has not come for My sake, but for your sake.

³¹“^aNow judgment is upon this world; now ^bthe ruler of this world will be cast out.

³²“And I, if I ^aam lifted up from the earth, will ^bdraw all men to Myself.”

³³But He was saying this ^ato indicate the kind of death by which He was about to die.

³⁴The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from ^athe Law that ^bthe ¹Christ is to remain forever; and how do You say, ‘The ^cSon of Man must be ^dlifted up’? Who is this ^eSon of Man?”

³⁵So Jesus said to them, “^aFor a little while longer ^bthe Light is among you. ^cWalk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who ^dwalks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

³⁶“While you have the Light, ^abelieve in the Light, so that you may become ^bsons of Light.”

These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and ^1chid Himself from them.