They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world.

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

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

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

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

Jesus replied, “You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one.

On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,

I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you.

Jesus replied, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”

They said to the woman, “No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this one really is the Savior of the world.”

Then Jesus spoke out again, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

Jesus replied, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

“I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word.

“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.