16:1 “These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not lose faith.
16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
16:3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor Me.
16:4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. “And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
16:5 But now I go My way to Him that sent Me, and none of you asketh Me, ‘Whither goest Thou?’
16:6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I go away, for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you.
16:8 And when He is come, He will reprove the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment:
16:9 concerning sin, because they believe not in Me;
16:10 concerning righteousness, because I go to My Father and ye see Me no more;
16:11 concerning judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
16:12 “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
16:13 However when He, the Spirit of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth; for He shall not speak from Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak; and He will show you things to come.
16:14 He shall glorify Me, for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you.
16:15 All things that the Father hath are Mine; therefore I said that He shall take of Mine, and shall show it unto you.
16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see Me; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me, because I go to the Father.”
16:17 Then said some of His disciples among themselves, “What is this that He saith unto us, ‘A little while, and ye shall not see Me; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me,’ and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”
16:18 They said therefore, “What is this that He saith, ‘A little while’? We cannot tell what He saith.”
16:19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous of asking Him, and said unto them, “Do ye inquire among yourselves of what I said, ‘A little while, and ye shall not see Me; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me’?
16:20 Verily, verily I say unto you that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
16:21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come; but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
16:22 And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
16:23 And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing. Verily, verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in My name, He will give it to you.
16:24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in My name. Ask and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
16:25 “These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs; but the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father.
16:26 In that day ye shall ask in My name, and I say not unto you that I will pray the Father for you;
16:27 for the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me and have believed that I came out from God.
16:28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
16:29 His disciples said unto Him, “Lo, now speakest Thou plainly and speakest no proverb.
16:30 Now are we sure that Thou knowest all things and needest not that any man should ask Thee. By this we believe that Thou camest forth from God.”
16:32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
16:33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in Me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world.”
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