John 12:34-46

³⁴The crowd responded, “The Law tells us that the Messiah will live forever, so how can you say the Son of man must be ‘lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of man’?”

³⁵Jesus replied, “The light is here with you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light so that the darkness doesn't overtake you. Those who walk in the dark don't know where they're going.

³⁶Put your trust in the light while you still have it so that you can become children of light.” When Jesus had told them this, he left and hid himself from them.

³⁷But despite all the miracles he had done in their presence, they still did not trust in Jesus.

³⁸This fulfilled the message of Isaiah the prophet who said, “Lord, who has believed what we told them? To whom has the Lord's power been revealed?”

³⁹They were not able to trust him, and as a result they fulfilled what Isaiah also said:

⁴⁰“He blinded their eyes, and made their minds dull, so that their eyes would not see, and their minds would not think, and they would not turn to me—for if they did I would heal them.”

⁴¹Isaiah saw Jesus' glory and said this in reference to him.

⁴²Even so many of the leaders did trust in him. However, they did not openly admit it because they did not want the Pharisees to expel them from the synagogue,

⁴³loving human admiration more than God's approval.

⁴⁴Jesus called out, “If you trust in me you're not just trusting in me but also in the one who sent me.

⁴⁵When you see me, you're seeing the one who sent me.

⁴⁶I have come as a light shining into the world, so if you trust in me you won't remain in the dark.