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“These things I have spoken to you so that you
may be kept from stumbling.
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“They will make you outcasts from the synagogue,
but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is
offering service to God.
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“These things they will do because they have not
known the Father or Me.
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“But these things I have spoken to you, so that
when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These
things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you. |
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“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none
of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
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“But because I have said these things to you,
sorrow has filled your heart.
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“But I tell you the truth, it is to your
advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come
to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
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“And He, when He comes, will convict the world
concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
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concerning sin, because they do not believe in
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and concerning righteousness, because I go to
the Father and you no longer see Me;
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and concerning judgment, because the ruler of
this world has been judged.
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“I have many more things to say to you, but you
cannot bear them now.
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“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He
will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own
initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to
you what is to come.
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“He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine
and will disclose it to you.
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“All things that the Father has are Mine;
therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
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“A little while, and you will no longer see Me;
and again a little while, and you will see Me.”
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Some of His
disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling 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’?”
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So they were saying,
“What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is
talking about.” |
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Jesus knew that they
wished to question Him, and He said to them,
“Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and
you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’?
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“Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep
and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will
be turned into joy.
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“Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain,
because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no
longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born
into the world.
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“Therefore you too have grief now; but I will
see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy
away from you.
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“In that day you will not question Me about
anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in
My name, He will give it to you.
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“Until now you have asked for nothing in My
name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full. |
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“These things I have spoken to you in figurative
language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative
language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. |
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“In that day you will ask in My name, and I do
not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;
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for the Father Himself loves you, because you
have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. |
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“I came forth from the Father and have come into
the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.” |
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His disciples said,
“Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.
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“Now we know that
You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we
believe that You came from God.”
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Jesus answered them,
“Do you now believe? |
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“Behold, an hour is coming, and has already
come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone;
and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. |
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“These things I have spoken to you, so that in
Me you may have peace In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I
have overcome the world.”
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