John 12:34-46

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.”

⁴¹Isaiah said these things because he saw the glory of Jesus and spoke of him.

⁴²But despite that, many of the rulers believed in Jesus; but because of the Pharisees, they did not admit it so that they would not be banned from the synagogue.

⁴³They loved the praise that comes from people more than the praise that comes from God.

⁴⁴Jesus cried out and said, “The one who believes in me, believes not only in me but also in him who sent me,

⁴⁵and the one who sees me sees him who sent me.

⁴⁶I have come as a light into the world, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in the darkness.