Light into the World

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

38so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he said: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

39For this reason they were not able to believe, because Isaiah said again:

40He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they may not see with their eyes and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.

41Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory and spoke about him.

42Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing it, so that they might not become excluded from the synagogue.

43For they loved the glory of men rather than the glory of God.

44But Jesus cried out and said, “The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me,”

45And the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

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

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

48The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has one who judges him: the word that I spoke will judge him on the last day.

49For I have not spoken from myself, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a command as to what I should say and what I should speak.

50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. So what I speak, I speak just as the Father has told me.