John 12:20-50

New American Standard Bible

Greeks Seek Jesus

²⁰ Now there were some ^(A)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(B)the feast; ²¹ these people then came to ^(C)Philip, who was from ^(D)Bethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ²² Philip *came and *told ^(E)Andrew; then Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. ²³ But Jesus *answered them by saying, “^(F)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(G)be glorified. ²⁴ Truly, truly I say to you, ^(H)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ^25 (I)The one who loves his ^[a]life loses it, and the one who ^(J)hates his ^[b]life in this world will keep it ^[c]to eternal life. ²⁶ If anyone ^[d]serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(K)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^[e]serves Me, the Father will ^(L)honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

²⁷ “^(M)Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘^(N)Father, save Me from ^(O)this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ^28 (P)Father, glorify Your name.” Then a ^(Q)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹ So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(R)An angel has spoken to Him!” ³⁰ Jesus responded and said, “^(S)This voice has not come for My sake, but for yours. ^31 (T)Now judgment is upon this world; now ^(U)the ruler of this world will be cast out. ³² And I, if I ^(V)am lifted up from the earth, will ^(W)draw all people to Myself.” ³³ Now He was saying this ^(X)to indicate what kind of death He was going to die. ³⁴ The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from ^(Y)the Law that ^(Z)the ^[f]Christ is to remain forever; and how is it that You say, ‘The ^(AA)Son of Man must be ^(AB)lifted up’? Who is this ^(AC)Son of Man?” ³⁵ So Jesus said to them, “^(AD)For a little while longer ^(AE)the Light is among you. ^(AF)Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who ^(AG)walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶ While you have the Light, ^(AH)believe in the Light, so that you may become ^(AI)sons of Light.”

These things Jesus proclaimed, and He went away and ^(AJ)hid Himself from them. ³⁷ But though He had performed so many ^[g]signs in their sight, they still were not believing in Him. ³⁸ This happened so that the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke would be fulfilled: “^(AK)Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” ³⁹ For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, ⁴⁰ “^(AL)He has blinded their eyes and He ^(AM)hardened their heart, so that they will not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and ^[h]be converted, and so I will not heal them.” ⁴¹ These things Isaiah said because ^(AN)he saw His glory, and ^(AO)he spoke about Him. ⁴² Nevertheless ^(AP)many, even of ^(AQ)the rulers, believed in Him, but ^(AR)because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, so that they would not be ^(AS)excommunicated from the synagogue; ^43 (AT)for they loved the ^[i]approval of people rather than the ^[j]approval of God.

⁴⁴ Now Jesus cried out and said, “^(AU)The one who believes in Me, does not believe only in Me, but also in Him who sent Me. ⁴⁵ And ^(AV)the one who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. ^46 (AW)I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness. ⁴⁷ If anyone hears My ^[k]teachings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ^(AX)I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ^48 (AY)The one who rejects Me and does not ^[l]accept My ^[m]teachings has one who judges him: ^(AZ)the word which I spoke. That will judge him on ^(BA)the last day. ^49 (BB)For I did not speak ^[n]on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me ^(BC)has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰ And I know that ^(BD)His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ^(BE)just as the Father has told Me.”