John 16

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1. 1"I have told you all of this so that you won't fall away.
2. 2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
3. 3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
4. 4But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you will remember that I warned you. I didn't tell you these things at the beginning because I was with you.
5. 5But now I am going to the one who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'
6. 6Instead, because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.
7. 7But I am telling you the truth — it is better for you that I go away. If I don't go away, the Comforter will not come to you. But if I leave, I will send him to you.
8. 8When he comes, he will convict the world regarding sin, regarding righteousness, and regarding judgment:
9. 9regarding sin, because they do not believe in me;
10. 10regarding righteousness, because I am going to my Father and you will see me no more;
11. 11regarding judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
12. 12"I still have many things to tell you, but you cannot bear them now.
13. 13But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; whatever he hears, he will speak, and he will show you things to come.
14. 14He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and make it known to you.
15. 15Everything the Father has is mine. That is why I said he will take what is mine and make it known to you.
16. 16"A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me, because I am going to the Father."
17. 17Then some of his disciples said among themselves, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me,' and, 'Because I go to the Father'?"
18. 18They kept saying, "What does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand what he is saying."
19. 19Jesus knew they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you questioning among yourselves about what I said: 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'?
20. 20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
21. 21A woman in labor has pain because her hour has come. But when she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.
22. 22So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
23. 23On that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
24. 24Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.
25. 25"I have spoken these things to you in figurative language. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
26. 26On that day you will ask in my name, and I am not saying to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf,
27. 27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
28. 28I came from the Father and have come into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."
29. 29His disciples said, "Now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative language!
30. 30Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God."
31. 31Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?
32. 32Look, the hour is coming, and has now come, when you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33. 33I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage — I have overcome the world."