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49Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
²And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
³And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
⁴Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
⁵And now, saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength.
⁶And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
⁷Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

¹⁸For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
¹⁹For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
²⁰Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
²¹For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
²²For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom:
²³But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
²⁴But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
²⁵Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
²⁶For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
²⁷But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
²⁸And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
²⁹That no flesh should glory in his presence.
³⁰But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:
³¹That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

²⁰And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:
²¹The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus.
²²Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
²³And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.
²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
²⁵He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
²⁶If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
²⁷Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
²⁸Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again.
²⁹The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him.
³⁰Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes.
³¹Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
³²And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
³³This he said, signifying what death he should die.
³⁴The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
³⁵Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
³⁶While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.