John 8:12

Good News Translation

Jesus spoke to the Pharisees again. “I am the light of the world,” he said. “Whoever follows me will have the light of life and will never walk in darkness.”

Cross References

Job 33:28

He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive.”

Psalm 18:28

O Lord, you give me light; you dispel my darkness.

Psalm 49:19

he will join all his ancestors in death, where the darkness lasts forever.

Psalm 97:11

Light shines on the righteous, and gladness on the good.

Isaiah 49:6

The Lord said to me, “I have a greater task for you, my servant. Not only will you restore to greatness the people of Israel who have survived, but I will also make you a light to the nations— so that all the world may be saved.”

Isaiah 50:10

All of you that honor the Lord and obey the words of his servant, the path you walk may be dark indeed, but trust in the Lord, rely on your God.

Isaiah 9:2

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. They lived in a land of shadows, but now light is shining on them.

Hosea 6:3

Let us try to know the Lord. He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth.”

Malachi 4:2

But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun's rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.

Matthew 5:14

“You are like light for the whole world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid.

Luke 2:32

A light to reveal your will to the Gentiles and bring glory to your people Israel.”

John 12:35

Jesus answered, “The light will be among you a little longer. Continue on your way while you have the light, so that the darkness will not come upon you; for the one who walks in the dark does not know where he is going.

John 12:36

Believe in the light, then, while you have it, so that you will be the people of the light.” After Jesus said this, he went off and hid himself from them.

John 12:46

I have come into the world as light, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in the darkness.

John 14:6

Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.

John 3:19

This is how the judgment works: the light has come into the world, but people love the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds are evil.

John 7:17

Whoever is willing to do what God wants will know whether what I teach comes from God or whether I speak on my own authority.

John 9:5

While I am in the world, I am the light for the world.”

Acts 13:47

For this is the commandment that the Lord has given us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, so that all the world may be saved.’”

Acts 26:23

that the Messiah must suffer and be the first one to rise from death, to announce the light of salvation to the Jews and to the Gentiles.”

2 Peter 2:17

These people are like dried-up springs, like clouds blown along by a storm; God has reserved a place for them in the deepest darkness.

2 Peter 2:4

God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell, where they are kept chained in darkness, waiting for the Day of Judgment.

1 John 1:6

If, then, we say that we have fellowship with him, yet at the same time live in the darkness, we are lying both in our words and in our actions.

Jude 1:13

They are like wild waves of the sea, with their shameful deeds showing up like foam. They are like wandering stars, for whom God has reserved a place forever in the deepest darkness.

Jude 1:6

Remember the angels who did not stay within the limits of their proper authority, but abandoned their own dwelling place: they are bound with eternal chains in the darkness below, where God is keeping them for that great Day on which they will be condemned.

Revelation 21:24

The peoples of the world will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their wealth into it.