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John 16

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1 [“] I have spoken these things to you⁺ so that you⁺ should not be caused to stumble. VP

2 They will put you⁺ out of the synagogues; but an hour is coming that everyone having killed you⁺ will think he is offering a service to God. VP

3 And they will do these things because they do not know the Father nor Me. VP

4 But I have spoken these things to you⁺ so that when their hour shall have come, you⁺ shall remember that I said them to you⁺. Now I did not say these things to you⁺ from [the] beginning, because I was with you⁺. VP

5 But now I am going away to the [One] having sent Me, and none of you⁺ asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ VP

6 But because I have spoken these things to you⁺, grief has filled your⁺ heart. VP

7 But I say to you⁺ the truth, it is better for you⁺ that I should go away. For unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you⁺; but if I go, I will send Him to you⁺. VP

8 And having come, He will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment: VP

9 concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in Me; VP

10 and concerning righteousness, because I am going away to the Father and you⁺ see Me no longer; VP

11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. VP

12 I still have many things to say to you⁺, but you⁺ are not able to bear [them] now. VP

13 But when He, the Spirit of truth, shall come, He will guide you⁺ into all the truth. For He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He may hear, He will speak. And He will declare to you⁺ the things coming. VP

14 He will glorify Me, because He will take from what [is] Mine and will declare [it] to you⁺. VP

15 All things, as many as the Father has, are Mine. Because of this I said that He will take from that which [is] Mine and will declare [it] to you⁺. VP

16 A little while and you⁺ see Me no longer; and again a little while and you⁺ will look on Me.” VP

17 Therefore some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He says to us, ‘A little while and you⁺ do not see Me; and again a little while and you⁺ will look on Me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” VP

18 Therefore they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is saying.” VP

19 Jesus knew that they were wanting to ask Him, and He said to them, “Do you⁺ seek among one another concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while and you⁺ do not see Me, and again a little while and you⁺ will look on Me’? VP

20 Truly, truly, I say to you⁺ that you⁺ will weep and will lament, but the world will rejoice. You⁺ will be grieved, but your⁺ grief will become joy. VP

21 The woman has pain when she is giving birth, because her hour has come; but when she brings forth the child, she remembers the tribulation no longer, because of the joy that a man has been born into the world. VP

22 Therefore you⁺ also indeed have grief now; but I will see you⁺ again, and your⁺ heart will rejoice, and no one will take away your⁺ joy from you⁺. VP

23 And in that day you⁺ will ask Me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you⁺, whatever you⁺ may ask the Father in My name, He will give you⁺. VP

24 Until now you⁺ have asked nothing in My name. Ask and you⁺ will receive, so that your⁺ joy may be full. VP

25 I have spoken these things to you⁺ in allegories; an hour is coming when I will speak to you⁺ no more in allegories, but I will declare to you⁺ plainly about the Father. VP

26 In that day you⁺ will ask in My name, and I do not say to you⁺ that I will ask the Father concerning you⁺. VP

27 For the Father Himself loves you⁺, because you⁺ have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from God. VP

28 I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again I leave the world and go to the Father.” VP

29 His disciples say, “Behold, now You speak in plainness, and You do not speak allegory. VP

30 Now we know that You know all things and have no need that anyone should ask You. In this we believe that You came forth from God.” VP

31 Jesus answered them, “Now do you⁺ believe? VP

32 Behold, an hour is coming and has come when you⁺ shall be scattered, each to [his] own, and Me you⁺ shall leave alone. And I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. VP

33 I have spoken these things to you⁺ so that in Me you⁺ may have peace. In the world you⁺ have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” VP

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