| Chapter 16 |
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These things I have spoken unto you that ye may not be offended. |
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They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God; |
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and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me. |
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But I have spoken these things to you, that when their hour shall have come, ye may remember them, that I have said them unto you. But I did not say these things unto you from the beginning, because I was with you. |
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But now I go to him that has sent me, and none of you demands of me, Where goest thou? |
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But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. |
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But I say the truth to you, It is profitable for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you. |
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And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: |
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of sin, because they do not believe on me; |
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of righteousness, because I go away to my Father, and ye behold me no longer; |
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of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. |
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I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now. |
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But when *he* is come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatsoever he shall hear he shall speak; and he will announce to you what is coming. |
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He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and shall announce it to you. |
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All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce it to you. |
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A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, because I go away to the Father. |
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Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father? |
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They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks. |
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Jesus knew therefore that they desired to demand of him, and said to them, Do ye inquire of this among yourselves that I said, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me? |
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Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy. |
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A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world. |
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And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you. |
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And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you. |
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Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. |
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These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declare to you openly concerning the Father. |
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In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will demand of the Father for you, |
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for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out from God. |
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I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I leave the world and go to the Father. |
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His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speakest openly and utterest no allegory. |
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Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast not need that any one should demand of thee. By this we believe that thou art come from God. |
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Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? |
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Behold, the hour is coming, and has come, that ye shall be scattered, each to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. |
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These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world. |