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| 16:1 |
"These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.
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| 16:2 |
"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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| 16:3 |
"These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.
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| 16:4 |
"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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| 16:5 |
"But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'
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| 16:6 |
"But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
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| 16:7 |
"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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| 16:8 |
"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
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| 16:9 |
concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;
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| 16:10 |
and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;
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| 16:11 |
and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
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| 16:12 |
"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
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| 16:13 |
"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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| 16:14 |
"He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.
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| 16:15 |
"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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| 16:16 |
"A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me."
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| 16:17 |
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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| 16:18 |
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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| 16:19 |
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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| 16:20 |
"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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| 16:21 |
"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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| 16:22 |
"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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| 16:23 |
"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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| 16:24 |
"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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| 16:25 |
"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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| 16:26 |
"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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| 16:27 |
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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| 16:28 |
"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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| 16:29 |
His disciples said, "Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.
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| 16:30 |
"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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| 16:31 |
Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?
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| 16:32 |
"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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| 16:33 |
"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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