while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not; and
he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye
have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of
light."
These things spake Jesus, and he departed and hid himself from them.
THE JEWS REJECT JESUS.
But though he had done so many signs before them, yet they believed
not on him: that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled,
which he spake,
"Lord, who hath believed our report?
And to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
For this cause they could not believe, for that Isaiah said again.
"He hath blinded their eyes, and he hardened their heart;
Lest they should see with their eyes, and perceive with their
heart,
And should turn,
And I should heal them."
These things said Isaiah, because he saw his glory; and he spake of
him. Nevertheless even of the rulers many believed on him; but because
of the Pharisees they did not confess it, lest they should be put out
of the synagogue; for they loved the glory that is of men more than
the glory that is of God.
And Jesus cried and said, "He that believeth on me, believeth not on
me, but on him that sent me. And he that beholdeth me beholdeth him
that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever
believeth on me may not abide in the darkness. And if any man hear my
sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge
the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth
not my sayings, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, the
same shall judge him in the last day. For I spake not from myself; but
the Father that sent me, he hath given me a commandment, what I should
say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life
eternal; the things therefore which I speak, even as the Father hath
said unto me, so I speak."
DISCOURSE CONCERNING THE FUTURE.
And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his
disciples came to him to show him the buildings of the temple.
But he answered and said unto them, "See ye not all these things?
Verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon
another, that shall not be thrown down."
And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter
and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, "Tell us, when
shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when the
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