25 If you love your life, you will lose it. If you give it up in this world, you will be given eternal life.
26 If you serve me, you must go with me. My servants will be with me wherever I am. If you serve me, my Father will honour you.
27 Now I am deeply troubled, and I don't know what to say. But I must not ask my Father to keep me from this time of suffering. In fact, I came into the world to suffer.
28 So Father, bring glory to yourself.A voice from heaven then said, “I have already brought glory to myself, and I will do it again!”
29 When the crowd heard the voice, some of them thought it was thunder. Others thought an angel had spoken to Jesus.
30 Then Jesus told the crowd, “That voice spoke to help you, not me.
31 This world's people are now being judged, and the ruler of this world is already being thrown out!