John 12:36

New International Reader's Version

While you have the light, believe in it. Then you can become children of light.” When Jesus had finished speaking, he left and hid from them.

Cross References

Isaiah 60:1

“People of Jerusalem, get up. Shine, because your light has come. The glory of the Lord will shine on you.

Matthew 21:17

Then Jesus left the people and went out of the city to Bethany. He spent the night there.

Matthew 5:14

“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill can’t be hidden.

Luke 16:8

“The manager had not been honest. But the master praised him for being clever. The people of this world are clever in dealing with those who are like themselves. They are more clever than God’s people.

John 1:7

He came to be a witness about that light. He was a witness so that all people might believe.

John 11:54

Jesus no longer moved around openly among the people of Judea. Instead, he went away to an area near the desert. He went to a village called Ephraim. There he stayed with his disciples.

John 12:37

Jesus had performed so many signs in front of them. But they still would not believe in him.

John 12:46

I have come into the world to be its light. So no one who believes in me will stay in darkness.

John 3:21

But anyone who lives by the truth comes into the light. They live by the truth with God’s help. They come into the light so that it will be easy to see their good deeds.

John 8:12

Jesus spoke to the people again. He said, “I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in darkness. They will have that light. They will have life.”

John 8:59

When he said this, they picked up stones to kill him. But Jesus hid himself. He slipped away from the temple area.

Ephesians 5:8

At one time you were in the dark. But now you are in the light because of what the Lord has done. Live like children of the light.

1 Thessalonians 5:5

All of you are children of the light. You are children of the day. We don’t belong to the night. We don’t belong to the darkness.

1 Thessalonians 5:8

But we belong to the day. So let us control ourselves. Let us put on our chest the armor of faith and love. Let us put on the hope of salvation like a helmet.