16:1 “All this I have told you so that you will not go astray.
16:2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
16:3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.
16:4 I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you this at first because I was with you.
16:5 “Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
16:6 Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief.
16:7 But I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
16:8 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
16:9 in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me;
16:10 in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;
16:11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
16:12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.
16:13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
16:14 He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.
16:15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.
16:16 “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”
16:17 Some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and’Because I am going to the Father’?”
16:18 They kept asking, “What does he mean by’a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”
16:19 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’?
16:20 I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
16:21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.
16:22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
16:23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
16:25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.
16:26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
16:27 No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
16:28 I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
16:29 Then Jesus’ disciples said, “Now you are speaking clearly and without figures of speech.
16:30 Now we can see that you know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you questions. This makes us believe that you came from God.”
16:31 “You believe at last!” Jesus answered.
16:32 “But a time is coming, and has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”
16:1 These things I have spoken to you so that you would not be stumbled.
16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues; but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.
16:3 And these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor Me.
16:4 But these things I have spoken to you that when their hour comes you may remember them, that I told you of them. Now these things I have not said to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
16:5 But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, Where are You going?
16:6 But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
16:7 But I tell you the truth, It is expedient 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.
16:8 And when He comes, He will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment:
16:9 Concerning sin, because they do not believe into Me;
16:10 And concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer behold Me;
16:11 And concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
16:12 I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
16:13 But when He, the Spirit of reality, comes, He will guide you into all the reality; for He will not speak from Himself, but what He hears He will speak; and He will declare to you the things that are coming.
16:14 He will glorify Me, for He will receive of Mine and will declare it to you.
16:15 All that the Father has is Mine; for this reason I have said that He receives of Mine and will declare it to you.
16:16 A little while and you no longer behold Me, and again a little while and you will see Me.
16:17 Some of His disciples then said to one another, What is this that He says to us, A little while and you do not behold Me, and again a little while and you will see Me; and, Because I am going to the Father?
16:18 Therefore they said, What is this that He says, A little while? We do not know what He is talking about.
16:19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him and He said to them, Are you inquiring among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little while and you do not behold Me, and again a little while and you will see Me?
16:20 Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
16:21 A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her hour has come; but when she brings forth the little child, she no longer remembers the affliction because of the joy that a man has been born into the world.
16:22 Therefore you also now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one takes your joy away from you.
16:23 And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, Whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give to you.
16:24 Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
16:25 These things I have spoken to you in parables; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in parables, but I will report to you plainly concerning the Father.
16:26 In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father concerning you,
16:27 For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from God.
16:28 I came forth out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.
16:29 His disciples said, Behold, now You are speaking plainly and not saying any parable.
16:30 Now we know that You know all things and have no need that anyone ask You; by this we believe that You came forth from God.
16:31 Jesus answered them, Do you now believe?
16:32 Behold, an hour is coming, and has come, that you will be scattered each to his own place and will leave Me alone; yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
16:33 These things I have spoken to you that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but take courage; I have overcome the world.