John 12:42-50

⁴²Nevertheless many, even of the rulers, believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, so that they would not be excommunicated from the synagogue; ⁴³for they loved the approval of people rather than the approval of God.

⁴⁴Now Jesus cried out and said, “The one who believes in Me, does not believe only in Me, but also in Him who sent Me. ⁴⁵And the one who sees Me sees Him who sent Me. ⁴⁶I have come as Light into the world, so that no one who believes in Me will remain in darkness. ⁴⁷If anyone hears My teachings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁴⁸The one who rejects Me and does not accept My teachings has one who judges him: the word which I spoke. That will judge him on the last day. ⁴⁹For I did not speak on My own, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. ⁵⁰And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me.”