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John 12:20-36

Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks.
They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him,
"Sir, we wish to see Jesus."  Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and
Philip went and told Jesus.  Jesus answered them, "The hour has come for
the Son of Man to be glorified.  Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of
wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but
if it dies, it bears much fruit.  Those who love their life lose it, and
those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be
also.  Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.

"Now my soul is troubled.  And what should I say — 'Father, save me from
this hour'?  No, it is for this reason that I have come to this hour.
Father, glorify your name."  Then a voice came from heaven, "I have
glorified it, and I will glorify it again."  The crowd standing there
heard it and said that it was thunder.  Others said, "An angel has spoken
to him."  Jesus answered, "This voice has come for your sake, not for
mine.  Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will
be driven out.  And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all
people to myself."  He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to
die.  The crowd answered him, "We have heard from the law that the Messiah
remains forever.  How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up?
Who is this Son of Man?"  Jesus said to them, "The light is with you for a
little longer.  Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may
not overtake you.  If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you
are going.  While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you
may become children of light."

After Jesus had said this, he departed and hid from them.