Common - John - 16

16:1  "I have said all this to you so that you will not go astray.

16:2  They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.

16:3  And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

16:4  But I have told you these things, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. "I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

16:5  But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

16:6  But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

16:7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Counselor 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 of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

16:9  of sin, because they do not believe in me;

16:10  of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you see me no more;

16:11  of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

16:12  "I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

16:13  But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak; and he will tell you things to come.

16:14  He will glorify me, for he will take of what is mine and declare it to you.

16:15  All that the Father has is mine. Therefore I said that he will take of what is mine and declare it to you.

16:16  "A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me."

16:17  Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to 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’?"

16:18  They said, "What does he mean by ‘a little while’?We do not know what he is saying."

16:19  Now Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Are you asking yourselves about what I meant when I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see me; and again a little while, and you will see me’?

16:20  Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.

16:21  When a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but as soon as she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child has been born into the world.

16:22  So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

16:23  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 you.

16:24  Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

16:25  "I have said this to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father.

16:26  In that day you will ask in my name. And I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;

16:27  for 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 have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father."

16:29  His disciples said, "See, now you are speaking plainly, and not using a figure of speech!

16:30  Now we are sure that you know all things, and have no need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God."

16:31  Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

16:32  Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, when you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave me alone. And yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

16:33  I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage! I have overcome the world."