¹⁴Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness,^s so the Son of Man must be lifted up,^f^t ¹⁵that everyone who believes^u may have eternal life in him.”^g^v

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Footnotes

fThe Greek for lifted up also means exalted.
gSome interpreters end the quotation with verse 21.

Cross references

s Nu 21:8, 9
tSee Jn 12:32
uver 16, 36; Ge 15:6; Nu 14:11; Mt 27:42; Mk 1:15; Jn 1:7, 12; 2:23; 5:24; 7:38; 20:29; Ac 13:39; 16:31; Ro 3:22; 10:9, 10; 1 Jn 5:1, 5, 10
vver 16, 36; See Mt 25:46; Jn 20:31

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

NLTNew Living Translation

And as Moses lifted up the bronze snake on a pole in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, thus it is necessary that the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him will have eternal life.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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