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         <div class="label">9</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment on Israel&#8217;s Enemies</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">A prophecy:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">The word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is against the land of Hadrak</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">and will come to rest on Damascus&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">for the eyes of all people and all the tribes of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"><span class="content">are on the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Damascus. / For the eye of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> is on all people, / as well as on the tribes of Israel,</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ZEC.9.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.9.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">and on Hamath too, which borders on it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.9.2"><span class="content">and on Tyre and Sidon, though they are very skillful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ZEC.9.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.9.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Tyre has built herself a stronghold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.9.3"><span class="content">she has heaped up silver like dust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.9.3"><span class="content">and gold like the dirt of the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ZEC.9.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.9.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But the Lord will take away her possessions</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.9.4"><span class="content">and destroy her power on the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.9.4"><span class="content">and she will be consumed by fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ZEC.9.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Ashkelon will see it and fear;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">Gaza will writhe in agony,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">and Ekron too, for her hope will wither.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">Gaza will lose her king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"><span class="content">and Ashkelon will be deserted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ZEC.9.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.9.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">A mongrel people will occupy Ashdod,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.9.6"><span class="content">and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ZEC.9.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">I will take the blood from their mouths,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">the forbidden food from between their teeth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">Those who are left will belong to our God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">and become a clan in Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"><span class="content">and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ZEC.9.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will encamp at my temple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="content">to guard it against marauding forces.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="content">Never again will an oppressor overrun my people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"><span class="content">for now I am keeping watch.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Coming of Zion&#8217;s King</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ZEC.9.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Rejoice greatly, Daughter Zion!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">Shout, Daughter Jerusalem!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">See, your king comes to you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">righteous and victorious,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">lowly and riding on a donkey,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"><span class="content">on a colt, the foal of a donkey.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ZEC.9.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I will take away the chariots from Ephraim</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">and the warhorses from Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">and the battle bow will be broken.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">He will proclaim peace to the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">His rule will extend from sea to sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"><span class="content">and from the River</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, the Euphrates</span></span></span><span class="content"> to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ZEC.9.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.9.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">As for you, because of the blood of my covenant with you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.9.11"><span class="content">I will free your prisoners from the waterless pit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ZEC.9.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.9.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Return to your fortress, you prisoners of hope;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.9.12"><span class="content">even now I announce that I will restore twice as much to you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ZEC.9.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">I will bend Judah as I bend my bow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">and fill it with Ephraim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">I will rouse your sons, Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">against your sons, Greece,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"><span class="content">and make you like a warrior&#8217;s sword.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Will Appear</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ZEC.9.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will appear over them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="content">his arrow will flash like lightning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="content">The Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will sound the trumpet;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"><span class="content">he will march in the storms of the south,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ZEC.9.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> Almighty will shield them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">They will destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">and overcome with slingstones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">They will drink and roar as with wine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">they will be full like a bowl</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"><span class="content">used for sprinkling</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">bowl, / like</span></span></span><span class="content"> the corners of the altar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ZEC.9.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God will save his people on that day</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="content">as a shepherd saves his flock.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="content">They will sparkle in his land</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"><span class="content">like jewels in a crown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ZEC.9.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.9.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">How attractive and beautiful they will be!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.9.17"><span class="content">Grain will make the young men thrive,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ZEC.9.17"><span class="content">and new wine the young women.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch12" data-usfm="JHN.12">
         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Anointed at Bethany</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JHN.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JHN.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Here a dinner was given in Jesus&#8217; honor. Martha served, while Lazarus was among those reclining at the table with him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Mary took about a pint</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:3 </span><span class="ft">Or about 0.5 liter</span></span></span><span class="content"> of pure nard, an expensive perfume; she poured it on Jesus&#8217; feet and wiped his feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JHN.12.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JHN.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was later to betray him, objected, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JHN.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Why wasn&#8217;t this perfume sold and the money given to the poor? It was worth a year&#8217;s wages.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:5 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">three hundred denarii</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He did not say this because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief; as keeper of the money bag, he used to help himself to what was put into it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JHN.12.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JHN.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Leave her alone,&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> Jesus replied. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It was intended that she should save this perfume for the day of my burial.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">You will always have the poor among you,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:8 </span><span class="ft">See <span class="ref" usfm="DEU.15.11">Deut. 15:11</span>.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">but you will not always have me.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JHN.12.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JHN.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JHN.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Comes to Jerusalem as King</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JHN.12.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JHN.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The next day the great crowd that had come for the festival heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Hosanna!</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft">A Hebrew expression meaning &#8220;Save!&#8221; which became an exclamation of praise</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.25">Psalm 118:25</span>,<span class="ref" usfm="PSA.118.26">26</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is the king of Israel!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JHN.12.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JHN.12.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid, Daughter Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.12.15"><span class="content">see, your king is coming,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.12.15"><span class="content">seated on a donkey&#8217;s colt.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:15 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ZEC.9.9">Zech. 9:9</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JHN.12.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JHN.12.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JHN.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Now the crowd that was with him when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead continued to spread the word. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JHN.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Many people, because they had heard that he had performed this sign, went out to meet him. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So the Pharisees said to one another, &#8220;See, this is getting us nowhere. Look how the whole world has gone after him!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Predicts His Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JHN.12.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JHN.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Now there were some Greeks among those who went up to worship at the festival. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JHN.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, with a request. &#8220;Sir,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we would like to see Jesus.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Philip went to tell Andrew; Andrew and Philip in turn told Jesus.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JHN.12.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JHN.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Jesus replied, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JHN.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JHN.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Anyone who loves their life will lose it, while anyone who hates their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whoever serves me must follow me; and where I am, my servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves me.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JHN.12.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JHN.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? &#8216;Father, save me from this hour&#8217;? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Father, glorify your name!&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JHN.12.28"><span class="content">Then a voice came from heaven, &#8220;I have glorified it, and will glorify it again.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">The crowd that was there and heard it said it had thundered; others said an angel had spoken to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JHN.12.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JHN.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Jesus said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;This voice was for your benefit, not mine.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JHN.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Now is the time for judgment on this world; now the prince of this world will be driven out.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JHN.12.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And I, when I am lifted up</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:32 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">lifted up </span><span class="ft">also means </span><span class="fqa">exalted.</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">from the earth, will draw all people to myself.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.12.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He said this to show the kind of death he was going to die.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JHN.12.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.12.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The crowd spoke up, &#8220;We have heard from the Law that the Messiah will remain forever, so how can you say, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8216;The Son of Man must be lifted up&#8217;</span></span><span class="content">? Who is this &#8216;Son of Man&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JHN.12.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JHN.12.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Then Jesus told them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.12.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Belief and Unbelief Among the Jews</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JHN.12.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JHN.12.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Even after Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still would not believe in him. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="content">&#8220;Lord, who has believed our message</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"><span class="content">and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:38 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.53.1">Isaiah 53:1</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JHN.12.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.12.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JHN.12.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">&#8220;He has blinded their eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">and hardened their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">so they can neither see with their eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">nor understand with their hearts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"><span class="content">nor turn&#8212;and I would heal them.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:40 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="ISA.6.10">Isaiah 6:10</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JHN.12.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.12.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus&#8217; glory and spoke about him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JHN.12.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="JHN.12.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Yet at the same time many even among the leaders believed in him. But because of the Pharisees they would not openly acknowledge their faith for fear they would be put out of the synagogue; </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.12.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">for they loved human praise more than praise from God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="JHN.12.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="JHN.12.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Then Jesus cried out, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="JHN.12.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.12.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="JHN.12.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="JHN.12.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="JHN.12.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">There is a judge for the one who rejects me and does not accept my words; the very words I have spoken will condemn them at the last day.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="JHN.12.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me to say all that I have spoken.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="JHN.12.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I know that his command leads to eternal life. So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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