Léctio sancti Evangélii secúndum Ioánnem (12,44-50)
In illo tempore: Clamávit Iésus et dixit: “Qui credit in me, non credit in me sed in eum, qui misit me; et, qui videt me, videt eum, qui misit me. Ego lux in mundum veni, ut omnis, qui credit in me, in ténebris non máneat. Et si quis audíerit verba mea et non custodíerit, ego non iúdico eum; non enim veni, ut iúdicem mundum, sed ut salvíficem mundum. Qui spernit me et non áccipit verba mea, habet, qui iúdicet eum: sermo, quem locútus sum, ille iudicábit eum in novíssimo die, quia ego ex meípso non sum locútus, sed, qui misit me, Pater, ipse mihi mandátum dedit quid dicam et quid loquar. Et scio quia mandátum eíus vita ætérna est. Quæ ergo ego loquor, sicut dixit mihi Pater, sic loquor.”
At that time, Jesus cried out and said, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me, but in the One who sent Me. And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me.” I have come as a light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me may not remain in darkness. And if anyone hears My words and does not keep them, it is not I who judges him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. 48 Whoever rejects Me and does not receive My words has a judge: the very word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. For I have not spoken on My own; but the Father who sent Me has Himself prescribed what I must say and how I must speak. And I know that His commandment is eternal life. Wherefore, the things I say, I say just as the Father has told Me.
