Lent: True Glory | 03.17.24

JOHN 12: 20-33

20 Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some

Greeks. 21 They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and

said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew;

then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 Jesus answered them,

“The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24 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. 25 Those who love their life

lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal

life. 26 Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my

servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.

27 “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. 28

Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have

glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd standing there heard it

and said that it was thunder. Others said, “An angel has spoken to him.” 30

Jesus answered, “This voice has come for your sake, not for mine. 31 Now

is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven

out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to

myself.” 33 He said this to indicate the kind of death he was to die.