JOHN 16

1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be made to stumble.⋮

2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.⋮

3 And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.⋮

4 But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.⋮

5 But now I go unto him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?⋮

6 But because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.⋮

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.⋮

8 And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:⋮

9 of sin, because they believe not on me;⋮

10 of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;⋮

11 of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.⋮

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.⋮

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come.⋮

14 He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you.⋮

15 All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare it unto you.⋮

16 A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.⋮

17 Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?⋮

18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.⋮

19 Jesus perceived that they were desirous to ask him, and he said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?⋮

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.⋮

21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.⋮

22 And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.⋮

23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name.⋮

24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be fulfilled.⋮

25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.⋮

26 In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you;⋮

27 for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.⋮

28 I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.⋮

29 His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.⋮

30 Now know we that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.⋮

31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?⋮

32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.⋮

33 These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.⋮