John 12:20-36

Greeks Seek Jesus

20 Now there were some ¹Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ²the feast;

21 these then came to ³Philip, who was from ⁴Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus."

22 Philip came and told ⁵Andrew; Andrew and Philip came and told Jesus.

23 And Jesus answered them, saying, "⁶The hour has come for the Son of Man to ⁷be glorified.

24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, ⁸unless * a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.

25 "⁹He who loves his life loses it, and he who ¹⁰hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal.

26 "If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and ¹¹where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will ¹²honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

27 "¹³Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, '¹⁴Father, save Me from ¹⁵this hour '? But for this purpose I came to this hour.

28 "¹⁶Father, glorify Your name." Then a ¹⁷voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

29 So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered *; others were saying, "¹⁸An angel has spoken to Him."

30 Jesus answered and said, "¹⁹This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes.

31 "²⁰Now judgment is upon this world; now ²¹the ruler of this world will be cast out.

32 "And I, if I ²²am lifted up from the earth, will ²³draw all men to Myself."

33 But He was saying this ²⁴to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die.

34 The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of ²⁵the Law that ²⁶the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, 'The ²⁷Son of Man must be ²⁸lifted up'? Who is this ²⁹Son of Man?"

35 So Jesus said to them, "³⁰For a little while longer ³¹the Light is among you. ³²Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who ³³walks in the darkness does not know where he goes.

36 "While you have the Light, ³⁴believe in the Light, so that you may become ³⁵sons of Light." These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and ³⁶hid Himself from them.

Cross References

• 1. John 7:35
• 2. John 12:1
• 3. John 1:44
• 4. Matthew 11:21
• 5. John 1:44
• 6. Matthew 26:45; Mark 14:35, 41; John 13:1; John 17:1
• 7. John 7:39; John 12:16; John 13:32
• 8. Romans 14:9; 1 Corinthians 15:36
• 9. Matthew 10:39; Matthew 16:25; Mark 8:35; Luke 9:24; Luke 17:33
• 10. Luke 14:26
• 11. John 14:3; John 17:24; 2 Corinthians 5:8; Philippians 1:23; 1 Thessalonians 4:17
• 12. 1 Samuel 2:30; Psalms 91:15; Luke 12:37
• 13. Matthew 26:38; Mark 14:34; John 11:33
• 14. Matthew 11:25
• 15. John 12:23
• 16. Matthew 11:25
• 17. Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Mark 1:11; Mark 9:7; Luke 3:22; Luke 9:35
• 18. Acts 23:9
• 19. John 11:42
• 20. John 3:19; John 9:39; John 16:11
• 21. John 14:30; John 16:11; 2 Corinthians 4:4; Ephesians 2:2; Ephesians 6:12; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 5:19
• 22. John 3:14; John 8:28; John 12:34
• 23. John 6:44
• 24. John 18:32; John 21:19
• 25. John 10:34
• 26. Psalms 110:4; Isaiah 9:7; Ezekiel 37:25; Daniel 7:14
• 27. Matthew 8:20
• 28. John 3:14; John 8:28; John 12:32
• 29. Matthew 8:20
• 30. John 7:33; John 9:4
• 31. John 12:46; 1 John 2:10
• 32. Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 5:8
• 33. 1 John 1:6; 1 John 2:11
• 34. John 12:46
• 35. Luke 16:8; John 8:12
• 36. John 8:59

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "soul"
• [b]. Lit "soul"
• [c]. Or "is serving"
• [d]. Or "is serving"
• [e]. I.e. the Messiah
• [f]. Lit "was hidden"