Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,

For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.

How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that {cometh} from God only?

Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. {have...: or, consent with}

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin. {cloke: or, excuse}

And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not {himself}, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many {stripes}.

In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day.

{That} was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, {even to them} which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.

Ye are of {your} father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. {of his own: or, from his own will or disposition}

That this {is} a rebellious people, lying children, children {that} will not hear the law of the LORD:

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.

Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not:

If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or {whether} I speak of myself.

For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:

And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. {comprehended: or, did not admit, or, receive}

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. {shine...: or, be enlightened; for thy light cometh}

For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth:

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.

And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.

I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid {before me}.

The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.

I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified {him} not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

To open their eyes, {and} to turn {them} from darkness to light, and {from} the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me.

For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: {standing: Gr. consisting}

For God speaketh once, yea twice, {yet man} perceiveth it not.

Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? {them that are} weaned from the milk, {and} drawn from the breasts. {doctrine: Heb. the hearing?}

Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, {There is} yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. {out...: Heb. moved}

Wherefore, when I came, {was there} no man? when I called, {was there} none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because {there is} no water, and dieth for thirst.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: {taking: or, yielding}

When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth {it} not, then cometh the wicked {one}, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, {even} the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

Thine habitation {is} in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth.

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms {is} in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. {They will...: or, Their doings will not suffer them} {frame: Heb. give}

And because I tell {you} the truth, ye believe me not.

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because {they have} no knowledge: and their honourable men {are} famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. {honourable...: Heb. glory are men of famine}

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love {to have it} so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? {bear...: or, take into their hands}

And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. {punishment: or, sin}

{As} they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction.

Who {is} wise, and he shall understand these {things}? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD {are} right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.

Yea, they made their hearts {as} an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. {by: Heb. by the hand of}

And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

And they answered, that they could not tell whence {it was}.

The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}

[To the chief Musician, {A Psalm} of David.] The fool hath said in his heart, {There is} no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, {there is} none that doeth good.

And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me {him} up, whom I shall name unto thee.

Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known {it}, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. {Perverse...: or, Gallings one of another}

And the priest shall see {him}: and, behold, {if} the rising {be} white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and {there be} quick raw flesh in the rising; {quick...: Heb. the quickening of living flesh}

And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,

Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?

Forty years long was I grieved with {this} generation, and said, It {is} a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you.

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in {their} heart; and they have not known my ways.