John 12:37–50

Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews

³⁷Even after Jesus had performed so many signs^d in their presence, they still would not believe in him. ³⁸This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:

“Lord, who has believed our message

and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”^he

³⁹For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:

⁴⁰“He has blinded their eyes

and hardened their hearts,

so they can neither see with their eyes,

nor understand with their hearts,

nor turn—and I would heal them.”^if

⁴¹Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory^g and spoke about him.^h

⁴²Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him.ⁱ But because of the Pharisees^j they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue;^{k 43}for they loved human praise^l more than praise from God.^m

⁴⁴Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.^{n 45}The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.^{o 46}I have come into the world as a light,^p so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

⁴⁷“If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.^{q 48}There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them^r at the last day. ⁴⁹For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me^s to say all that I have spoken. ⁵⁰I know that his command leads to eternal life.^t So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”^u