John 12:44-50

Jesus Came to Save the World

44 And Jesus cried out and said, ¹“Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but ²in him who sent me.

45 And ³whoever ⁴sees me sees him who sent me.

46 ⁵I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.

47 If anyone ⁶hears my words and does not keep them, ⁷I do not judge him; for ⁸I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.

48 ⁹The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; ¹⁰the word that I have spoken will judge him ¹¹on the last day.

49 For ¹²I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father ¹³who sent me has himself given me ¹⁴a commandment—what to say and what to speak.

50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has told me. ”

Cross References

• 1. 12:44 [ch. 13:20]; See Matt. 10:40
• 2. 12:44 ch. 14:1; [ch. 5:24; 1 Pet. 1:21]
• 3. 12:45 ch. 14:9
• 4. 12:45 ch. 6:40
• 5. 12:46 ver. 35, 36; See ch. 1:4, 5, 9; 8:12
• 6. 12:47 [ch. 3:36]
• 7. 12:47 ch. 8:15
• 8. 12:47 See ch. 3:17; 4:42
• 9. 12:48 Luke 10:16
• 10. 12:48 Deut. 18:18, 19
• 11. 12:48 [Rom. 2:16]
• 12. 12:49 See ch. 5:19, 30
• 13. 12:49 See ch. 3:17
• 14. 12:49 ch. 15:10