ThenJesusagainspoketo them, saying,"I amthe Lightof the world;he who followsMe will not walkin the darkness,but will havethe Lightof life."
He has redeemedmy soulfrom goingto the pit,And my lifeshall seethe light.'
For You lightmy lamp;The LORDmy Godilluminesmy darkness.
He shall goto the generationof his fathers;They will neverseethe light.
Lightis sown[like seed] for the righteousAnd gladnessfor the uprightin heart.
He says,"It is toosmalla thingthat You should be My ServantTo raiseup the tribesof Jacoband to restorethe preservedones of Israel;I will also makeYou a lightof the nationsSo that My salvationmay reachto the endof the earth."
Whois among you that fearsthe LORD,That obeysthe voiceof His servant,That walksin darknessand hasnolight?Let him trustin the nameof the LORDand relyon his God.
The peoplewho walkin darknessWill seea greatlight;Those who livein a darkland,The lightwill shineon them.
"So let us know,let us presson to knowthe LORD.His goingforthis as certainas the dawn;And He will cometo us like the rain,Like the springrainwateringthe earth."
"But for you who fearMy name,the sunof righteousnesswill risewith healingin its wings;and you will goforthand skipaboutlike calvesfrom the stall.
"You are the lightof the world.A cityseton a hillcannotbe hidden;
A LIGHTOF REVELATIONTO THE GENTILES,And the gloryof Your peopleIsrael."
SoJesussaidto them, "For a littlewhilelongerthe Lightis amongyou. Walkwhileyou havethe Light,sothat darknesswill not overtakeyou; he who walksin the darknessdoes not knowwherehe goes.
"Whileyou havethe Light,believein the Light,sothat you may becomesonsof Light."These thingsJesusspoke,and He went awayand hidHimself from them.
"I have come[as] Lightinto the world,sothat everyonewho believesin Me will not remainin darkness.
Jesussaidto him, "I amthe way,and the truth,and the life;no onecomesto the Fatherbut throughMe.
"Thisis the judgment,that the Lighthas comeinto the world,and menlovedthe darknessratherthanthe Light,for their deedswere evil.
"Ifanyoneis willingto doHis will,he will knowof the teaching,whetherit is of Godor[whether] I speakfrom Myself.
"WhileI amin the world,I amthe Lightof the world."
"For sothe Lordhas commandedus, 'I HAVE PLACEDYOU AS A LIGHTFOR THE GENTILES,THAT YOU MAY BRINGSALVATIONTO THE ENDOF THE EARTH.'"
that the Christwas to suffer,[and] that by reasonof [His] resurrectionfrom the deadHe wouldbe the firstto proclaimlightbothto the [Jewish] peopleand to the Gentiles."
Theseare springswithout waterand mistsdrivenby a storm,for whomthe blackdarknesshas been reserved.
For ifGoddid not spareangelswhen they sinned,but cast them into helland committedthem to pitsof darkness,reservedfor judgment;
Ifwe saythat we havefellowshipwith Him and [yet] walkin the darkness,we lieand do not practicethe truth;
wildwavesof the sea,castingup their ownshamelike foam;wanderingstars,for whomthe blackdarknesshas been reservedforever.
And angelswho did not keeptheir owndomain,but abandonedtheir properabode,He has keptin eternalbondsunderdarknessfor the judgmentof the greatday,
The nationswill walkby its light,and the kingsof the earthwill bringtheir gloryinto it.
