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