John 12:33-43

33 He said this ¹to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

34 So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that ²the Christ remains forever. How can you say that ³the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"

35 So Jesus said to them, ⁴"The light is among you ⁵for a little while longer. ⁶Walk while you have the light, lest darkness ⁷overtake you. ⁸The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become ⁹sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them.

37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him,

38 ¹⁰so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: ¹¹"Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"

39 Therefore they ¹²could not believe. For again Isaiah said,

40 ¹³"He has blinded their eyes and ¹⁴hardened their heart, lest they see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and turn, and I would heal them."

41 Isaiah said these things because ¹⁵he saw his glory and ¹⁶spoke of him.

42 Nevertheless, ¹⁷many even of the authorities believed in him, but ¹⁸for fear of the Pharisees they did not ¹⁹confess it, so that they would not be ²⁰put out of the synagogue;

43 ²¹for they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.