John 12:20-50

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.

37 But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him.

38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "³⁷LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?"

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

40 "³⁸HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE ³⁹HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO * THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM"

41 These things Isaiah said because ⁴⁰he saw His glory, and ⁴¹he spoke of Him.

42 Nevertheless * ⁴²many even of ⁴³the rulers believed in Him, but ⁴⁴because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear * that they would be ⁴⁵put out of the synagogue;

43 ⁴⁶for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God.

44 And Jesus cried out and said, "⁴⁷He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me.

45 "⁴⁸He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me.

46 "⁴⁹I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness.

47 "If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for ⁵⁰I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

48 "⁵¹He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; ⁵²the word I spoke is what will judge him at ⁵³the last day.

49 "⁵⁴For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me ⁵⁵has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak.

50 "I know that ⁵⁶His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak ⁵⁷just as the Father has told Me."

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
• 37. Isaiah 53:1; Romans 10:16
• 38. Isaiah 6:10; Matthew 13:14
• 39. Mark 6:52
• 40. Isaiah 6:1f
• 41. Luke 24:27
• 42. John 7:48; John 12:11
• 43. Luke 23:13
• 44. John 7:13
• 45. John 9:22
• 46. John 5:41, 44
• 47. Matthew 10:40; John 5:24
• 48. John 14:9
• 49. John 1:4; John 3:19; John 8:12; John 9:5; John 12:35
• 50. John 3:17; John 8:15
• 51. Luke 10:16
• 52. Deuteronomy 18:18; John 5:45f; John 8:47
• 53. Matthew 10:15; John 6:39; Acts 17:31; 1 Peter 1:5; 2 Peter 3:3, 7; Hebrews 10:25
• 54. John 3:11; John 7:16; John 8:26, 28, 38; John 14:10, 24
• 55. John 14:31; John 17:8
• 56. John 6:68
• 57. John 5:19; John 8:28

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "soul"
• [b]. Lit "soul"
• [c]. Or "is serving"
• [d]. Or "is serving"
• [e]. I.e. the Messiah
• [f]. Lit "was hidden"
• [g]. Or "attesting signs"
• [h]. Lit "be turned;" i.e. turn about
• [i]. I.e. excommunicated
• [j]. Or "glory"
• [k]. Or "glory"
• [l]. Lit "of Myself"