40. “He has blinded their eyes,and he has closed their minds.Otherwise they would see with their eyesand understand in their mindsand come back to me and be healed.”
41. Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.
42. But many believed in Jesus, even many of the leaders. But because of the Pharisees, they did not say they believed in him for fear they would be put out of the synagogue.
43. They loved praise from people more than praise from God.
44. Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me is really believing in the One who sent me.
45. Whoever sees me sees the One who sent me.
46. I have come as light into the world so that whoever believes in me would not stay in darkness.
47. “Anyone who hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge, because I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.