John 12:20-36

New American Standard Bible

Greeks Seek Jesus

²⁰Now there were some ^(A)Greeks among those who were going up to worship at ^(B)the feast; ²¹these people then came to ^(C)Philip, who was from ^(D)Bethsaida of Galilee, and were making a request of him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” ²²Philip *came and *told ^(E)Andrew; then Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. ²³But Jesus *answered them by saying, “^(F)The hour has come for the Son of Man to ^(G)be glorified. ²⁴Truly, truly I say to you, ^(H)unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. ²⁵^(I)The one who loves his ^[a]life loses it, and the one who ^(J)hates his ^[b]life in this world will keep it ^[c]to eternal life. ²⁶If anyone ^[d]serves Me, he must follow Me; and ^(K)where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone ^[e]serves Me, the Father will ^(L)honor him.

Jesus Foretells His Death

²⁷“^(M)Now My soul has become troubled; and what am I to say? ‘^(N)Father, save Me from ^(O)this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. ²⁸^(P)Father, glorify Your name.” Then a ^(Q)voice came out of heaven: “I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.” ²⁹So the crowd who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, “^(R)An angel has spoken to Him!” ³⁰Jesus responded and said, “^(S)This voice has not come for My sake, but for yours. ³¹^(T)Now judgment is upon this world; now ^(U)the ruler of this world will be cast out. ³²And I, if I ^(V)am lifted up from the earth, will ^(W)draw all people to Myself.” ³³Now He was saying this ^(X)to indicate what kind of death He was going to die. ³⁴The crowd then answered Him, “We have heard from ^(Y)the Law that ^(Z)the ^[f]Christ is to remain forever; and how is it that You say, ‘The ^(AA)Son of Man must be ^(AB)lifted up’? Who is this ^(AC)Son of Man?” ³⁵So Jesus said to them, “^(AD)For a little while longer ^(AE)the Light is among you. ^(AF)Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; also, the one who ^(AG)walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. ³⁶While you have the Light, ^(AH)believe in the Light, so that you may become ^(AI)sons of Light.”