Jesus the Light of the World

(1 John 1:5–10)

12 Once again, Jesus spoke to [the people] [and] said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

13 So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not valid.”

14 Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came {from} and where I am going. But you {do} not know where I came {from} or where I am going. 15 You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 16 But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I [am with] the Father [who] sent Me.[fn] 17 Even in your [own] Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid.[fn] 18 I am [One] who testifies about Myself, and the Father, [who] sent Me, [also] testifies about Me.”

19 “Where is Your Father?” they asked Him.

“You do not know Me [or] My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”

20 Jesus spoke[fn] these words while teaching in the temple [courts], near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour {had} not yet come.

21 Again Jesus said[fn] to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, [but] you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

22 So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

23 Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am [He], you will die in your sins.”

25 “Who are You?” they asked.

“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. 26 “I have much to say about you and [much] to judge. But the [One who] sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”

27 They did not understand that He was telling them [about] the Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am [He], and [that] I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what My Father[fn] has taught Me. 29 He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left[fn] Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”