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"^(a)These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from ^(b)stumbling.

^[a]They will ^(c)make you outcasts from the synagogue, but ^(d)an hour is coming for everyone ^(e)who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

These things they will do ^(f)because they have not known the Father or Me.

But these things I have spoken to you, ^(g)so that when their hour comes, you ^[b]may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you ^(h)at the beginning, because I was with you.

"But now ⁽ⁱ⁾I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘^(j)Where are You going?'

But because I have said these things to you, ^(k)sorrow has filled your heart.

But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the ^[c](l)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, ^(m)I will send Him to you.

And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

concerning sin, ⁽ⁿ⁾because they do not believe in Me;

and concerning ^(o)righteousness, because ^(p)I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

^(q)and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

But when He, ^(r)the Spirit of truth, comes, He will ^(s)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.

He will ^(t)glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

^(u)All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.

"^(v)A little while, and ^(w)you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and ^(x)you will see Me."

Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, ‘^(y)A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me' ; and, ‘because ^(z)I go to the Father' ?"

So they were saying, "What is this that He says, ‘A little while' ? We do not know what He is talking about."

^(aa)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'?

Truly, truly, I say to you, that ^(ab)you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(ac)your grief will be turned into joy.

^(ad)Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^[d]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 ^[e]child has been born into the world.

Therefore ^(ae)you too have grief now; but ^(af)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

^(ag)In that day ^(ah)you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(ai)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

^(aj)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(ak)joy may be made full.

"These things I have spoken to you in ^[f](al)figurative language; ^(am)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in ^[g]figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

^(an)In that day ^(ao)you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

for ^(ap)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^(aq)have believed that ^(ar)I came forth from the Father.

^(as)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and ^(at)going to the Father."

His disciples *said, "Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^[h]using ^(au)a figure of speech.

Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we ^(av)believe that You ^(aw)came from God."

Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

Behold, ^(ax)an hour is coming, and has already come, for ^(ay)you to be scattered, each to ^(az)his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ^(ba)I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

These things I have spoken to you, so that ^(bb)in Me you may have peace. ^(bc)In the world you have tribulation, but ^(bd)take courage; ^(be)I have overcome the world."