37. Although he had performed so many signs in their presence they did not believe in him,
38. in order that the word which Isaiah the prophet spoke might be fulfilled:“Lord, who has believed our preaching,to whom has the might of the Lord been revealed?”
39. For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said:
40. “He blinded their eyesand hardened their heart,so that they might not see with their eyesand understand with their heart and be converted,and I would heal them.”
41. Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke about him.
42. Nevertheless, many, even among the authorities, believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not acknowledge it openly in order not to be expelled from the synagogue.
43. For they preferred human praise to the glory of God.
44. Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in me believes not only in me but also in the one who sent me,
45. and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
46. I came into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.
47. And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them, I do not condemn him, for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
48. Whoever rejects me and does not accept my words has something to judge him: the word that I spoke, it will condemn him on the last day,
49. because I did not speak on my own, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and speak.