John 12:15-40

¹⁵“Do not fear, daughter of Zion; see, your King is coming, sitting on the colt of a donkey.”

¹⁶His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, they remembered that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

¹⁷Now the crowd testified that they had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him up from the dead.

¹⁸It was also for this reason that the crowd went out to meet him, because they heard that he had done this sign.

¹⁹The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, “Look, you can do nothing; see, the world has gone after him.”

²⁰Now certain Greeks were among those who were going up to worship at the festival.

²¹These went to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”

²²Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew went with Philip, and they told Jesus.

²³Jesus answered them and said, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.

²⁴Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone; but if it dies, it will bear much fruit.

²⁵He who loves his life will lose it; but he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

²⁶If anyone serves me, let him follow me; and where I am, there will my servant also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.

²⁷Now my soul is troubled and what should I say? 'Father, save me from this hour'? But for this reason I came to this hour.

²⁸Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven and said, “I have glorified it and I will glorify it again.”

²⁹Then the crowd that stood by and heard it said that it had thundered. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.”

³⁰Jesus answered and said, “This voice did not come for me, but for you.

³¹Now is the judgment of this world: Now will the ruler of this world be thrown out.

³²When I am lifted up from the earth, I will draw everyone to myself.”

³³He said this to indicate what kind of death he would die.

³⁴The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ will stay forever. How can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?”

³⁵Jesus then said to them, “The light will still be with you for a short amount of time. Walk while you have the light, so that darkness does not overtake you. He who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

³⁶While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may be sons of light.” Jesus said these things and then departed and hid from them.

³⁷Although Jesus had done so many signs before them, yet they did not believe in him

³⁸so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled, in which he said: “Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

³⁹For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah had also said,

⁴⁰“He has blinded their eyes, and he has hardened their hearts; otherwise they would see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”