94 Bible Verses about Light (KJV)

Here are 94 Bible verses about light, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

John 8:12 KJV

¹²Then 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.

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John 1:5 KJV

⁵And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

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Psalm 119:105 KJV

¹⁰⁵Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

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1 John 1:7 KJV

⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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1 Peter 2:9 KJV

⁹But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light;

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Matthew 5:16 KJV

¹⁶Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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1 John 1:5 KJV

⁵This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

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Psalm 27:1 KJV

¹The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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Matthew 5:14 KJV

¹⁴Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

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Ephesians 5:8 KJV

⁸For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

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Psalm 119:130 KJV

¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.

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2 Corinthians 4:6 KJV

⁶For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

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Genesis 1:3 KJV

³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

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John 9:5 KJV

⁵As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

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James 1:17 KJV

¹⁷Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

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Matthew 4:16 KJV

¹⁶The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.

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John 12:35 KJV

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.

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Acts 13:47 KJV

⁴⁷For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth.

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Isaiah 60:1 KJV

¹Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee.

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Luke 11:34 KJV

³⁴The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness.

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Isaiah 42:16 KJV

¹⁶And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.

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Psalm 18:28 KJV

²⁸For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness.

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Isaiah 58:8 KJV

⁸Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.

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2 Corinthians 6:14 KJV

¹⁴Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

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Matthew 5:14-16 KJV

¹⁴Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. ¹⁵Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. ¹⁶Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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Luke 8:16 KJV

¹⁶No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light.

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Daniel 2:22 KJV

²²He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.

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John 12:36 KJV

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.

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Ephesians 5:14 KJV

¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

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Numbers 6:24-26 KJV

²⁴The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: ²⁵The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: ²⁶The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

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Revelation 21:23 KJV

²³And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

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Acts 26:22-23 KJV

²²Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: ²³That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.

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Psalm 37:5-6 KJV

⁵Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. ⁶And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday.

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Ephesians 1:18 KJV

¹⁸The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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Psalm 36:9 KJV

⁹For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.

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Psalm 31:16 KJV

¹⁶Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies’ sake.

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Luke 12:3 KJV

³Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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Psalm 80:19 KJV

¹⁹Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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John 3:19-21 KJV

¹⁹And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. ²⁰For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. ²¹But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.

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Ecclesiastes 2:13 KJV

¹³Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.

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Micah 7:8 KJV

⁸Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me.

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Psalm 44:3 KJV

³For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

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John 1:4 KJV

⁴In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

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1 Thessalonians 5:5 KJV

⁵Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

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Matthew 5:15-16 KJV

¹⁵Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. ¹⁶Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

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Acts 26:18 KJV

¹⁸To 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.

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Philippians 2:14-16 KJV

¹⁴Do all things without murmurings and disputings: ¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; ¹⁶Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

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1 John 1:5-7 KJV

⁵This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ⁶If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: ⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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Proverbs 6:23 KJV

²³For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life:

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Romans 13:12 KJV

¹²The 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.

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1 John 1:5-9 KJV

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Isaiah 49:6 KJV

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.

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Genesis 1:3-5 KJV

³And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. ⁴And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. ⁵And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

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John 5:35 KJV

³⁵He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

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Isaiah 9:2 KJV

²The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined.

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Genesis 1:4 KJV

⁴And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

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John 12:35-36 KJV

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.

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Matthew 5:13-16 KJV

¹³Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. ¹⁴Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. ¹⁵Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the …

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Psalm 19:8 KJV

⁸The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

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Ephesians 5:8-9 KJV

⁸For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: ⁹(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

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Philippians 2:15 KJV

¹⁵That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

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Daniel 12:3 KJV

³And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

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John 12:46 KJV

⁴⁶I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

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Proverbs 4:18 KJV

¹⁸But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

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John 1:9 KJV

⁹That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

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Matthew 6:22-23 KJV

²²The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. ²³But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

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John 1:2 KJV

²The same was in the beginning with God.

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Isaiah 60:19 KJV

¹⁹The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.

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Psalm 119:2 KJV

²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

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Matthew 5:2 KJV

²And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying,

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Isaiah 60:1-2 KJV

¹Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. ²For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee.

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John 8:2 KJV

²And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.

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Psalm 119:1-176 KJV

¹Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. ²Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. ³They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. ⁴Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. ⁵O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! …

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Psalm 44:2 KJV

²How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

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John 1:7 KJV

⁷The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

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Isaiah 60:20 KJV

²⁰Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.

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2 Peter 1:19 KJV

¹⁹We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:

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Hebrews 12:14 KJV

¹⁴Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

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Isaiah 42:6 KJV

⁶I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;

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Psalm 139:7-12 KJV

⁷Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? ⁸If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. ⁹If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; ¹⁰Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. …

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Psalm 119:130-132 KJV

¹³⁰The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. ¹³¹I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. ¹³²Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.

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Luke 11:34-35 KJV

³⁴The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. ³⁵Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

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Psalm 97:11 KJV

¹¹Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

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Daniel 2:2 KJV

²Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

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Matthew 17:2 KJV

²And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.

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Psalm 27:1-4 KJV

¹The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ²When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. ³Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. …

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John 1:7-9 KJV

⁷The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. ⁸He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. ⁹That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

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Proverbs 20:27 KJV

²⁷The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

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John 12:35-37 KJV

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1 Timothy 6:16 KJV

¹⁶Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

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John 3:19-28 KJV

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Jeremiah 13:16 KJV

¹⁶Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.

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Exodus 13:21 KJV

²¹And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

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John 12:36-37 KJV

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. ³⁷But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him:

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