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"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

"If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

"But this has happened so that the word that is written in their Law will be fulfilled: 'THEY HATED ME FOR NO REASON.'

"But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

"But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'

"But because I have said these things to you, grief has filled your heart.

"But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them at the present time.

"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

"Truly, truly I say to you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy!

"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.

"Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

"These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

"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."

"I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on the behalf of those whom You have given Me, because they are Yours;

"But now I am coming to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

"I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one.

"I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word,

but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

But when He said this, one of the officers, who was standing nearby, struck Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"