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In so far as you have the light, put your faith in the light so that you may become sons of light. With these words Jesus went away and for a time was not seen again by them.
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But though he had done such a number of signs before them, they still had no belief in him:
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So that the words of the prophet Isaiah might come true, when he said, Lord, who has any belief in our preaching? and the arm of the Lord, to whom has it been unveiled?
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For this reason they were unable to have belief, because Isaiah said again,
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He has made their eyes blind, and their hearts hard; for fear that they might see with their eyes and get knowledge with their hearts, and be changed, and I might make them well.
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(Isaiah said these words because he saw his glory. His words were about him.)
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However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:
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For the praise of men was dearer to them than the approval of God.
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Then Jesus said with a loud voice, He who has faith in me, has faith not in me, but in him who sent me.
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And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.
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I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.