John 12:15-40

¹⁵Have no fear, daughter of Zion: see your King is coming, seated on a young ass.

¹⁶(These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)

¹⁷Now the people who were with him when his voice came to Lazarus in the place of the dead, and gave him life again, had been talking about it.

¹⁸And that was the reason the people went out to him, because it had come to their ears that he had done this sign.

¹⁹Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.

²⁰Now there were some Greeks among the people who had come up to give worship at the feast:

²¹They came to Philip, who was of Beth-saida in Galilee, and made a request, saying, Sir, we have a desire to see Jesus.

²²Philip went and gave word of it to Andrew; and Andrew went with Philip to Jesus.

²³And Jesus said to them in answer, The hour of the glory of the Son of man has come.

²⁴Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.

²⁵He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

²⁶If any man is my servant, let him come after me; and where I am, there will my servant be. If any man becomes my servant, my Father will give him honour.

²⁷Now is my soul troubled; and what am I to say? Father, keep me from this hour. No: for this purpose have I come to this hour.

²⁸Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

²⁹Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

³⁰Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.

³¹Now is this world to be judged: now will the ruler of this world be sent out.

³²And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will make all men come to me.

³³(This he said, pointing to the sort of death he would have.)

³⁴Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

³⁵Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

³⁶In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.

³⁷But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:

³⁸So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?

³⁹For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,

⁴⁰He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.