John 16:1“Ihavesaidthesethingstoyousothatyouwouldn’tbecausedtostumble.2Theywillputyououtofthesynagogues.Yes,thetimeiscomingthatwhoeverkillsyouwillthinkthatheoffersservicetoGod.3Theywilldothesethings{TR adds “to you”}becausetheyhavenotknowntheFathernorme.4ButIhavetoldyouthesethingssothatwhenthetimecomes,youmayrememberthatItoldyouaboutthem.Ididn’ttellyouthesethingsfromthebeginning,becauseIwaswithyou.5ButnowIamgoingtohimwhosentme,andnoneofyouasksme,‘Whereareyougoing?’6ButbecauseIhavetoldyouthesethings,sorrowhasfilledyourheart.7NeverthelessItellyouthetruth:ItistoyouradvantagethatIgoaway;forifIdon’tgoaway,theCounselorwon’tcometoyou.ButifIgo,Iwillsendhimtoyou.8Whenhehascome,hewillconvicttheworldaboutsin,aboutrighteousness,andaboutjudgment;9aboutsin,becausetheydon’tbelieveinme;10aboutrighteousness,becauseIamgoingtomyFather,andyouwon’tseemeanymore;11aboutjudgment,becausetheprinceofthisworldhasbeenjudged.
John 16:12“Istillhavemanythingstotellyou,butyoucan’tbearthemnow.13However,whenhe,theSpiritoftruth,hascome,hewillguideyouintoalltruth,forhewillnotspeakfromhimself;butwhateverhehears,hewillspeak.Hewilldeclaretoyouthingsthatarecoming.14Hewillglorifyme,forhewilltakefromwhatismineandwilldeclareittoyou.15AllthingsthattheFatherhasaremine;thereforeIsaidthathetakes{TR reads “will take” instead of “takes”}ofmineandwilldeclareittoyou.
John 16:16“Alittlewhile,andyouwillnotseeme.Againalittlewhile,andyouwillseeme.”
John 16:17 Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘Alittlewhile,andyouwon’tseeme,andagainalittlewhile,andyouwillseeme;’ and, ‘BecauseIgototheFather’ ?”
18 They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘Alittlewhile’ ? We don’t know what he is saying.”
John 16:19 Therefore Yeshua perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Doyouinquireamongyourselvesconcerningthis,thatIsaid,‘Alittlewhile,andyouwon’tseeme,andagainalittlewhile,andyouwillseeme’?20MostcertainlyItellyouthatyouwillweepandlament,buttheworldwillrejoice.Youwillbesorrowful,butyoursorrowwillbeturnedintojoy.21Awoman,whenshegivesbirth,hassorrowbecausehertimehascome.Butwhenshehasdeliveredthechild,shedoesn’tremembertheanguishanymore,forthejoythatahumanbeingisbornintotheworld.22Thereforeyounowhavesorrow,butIwillseeyouagain,andyourheartwillrejoice,andnoonewilltakeyourjoyawayfromyou.
John 16:23“Inthatdayyouwillaskmenoquestions.MostcertainlyItellyou,whateveryoumayaskoftheFatherinmyname,hewillgiveittoyou.24Untilnow,youhaveaskednothinginmyname.Ask,andyouwillreceive,thatyourjoymaybemadefull.
John 16:25“Ihavespokenthesethingstoyouinfiguresofspeech.ButthetimeiscomingwhenIwillnomorespeaktoyouinfiguresofspeech,butwilltellyouplainlyabouttheFather.26Inthatdayyouwillaskinmyname;andIdon’tsaytoyouthatIwillpraytotheFatherforyou,27fortheFatherhimselflovesyou,becauseyouhavelovedme,andhavebelievedthatIcamefromGod.28IcamefromtheFatherandhavecomeintotheworld.Again,IleavetheworldandgototheFather.”
John 16:29 His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.
30 Now we know that you know all things, and don’t need for anyone to question you. By this we believe that you came from God.”
John 16:31 Yeshua answered them, “Doyounowbelieve?32Behold,thetimeiscoming,yes,andhasnowcome,thatyouwillbescattered,everyonetohisownplace,andyouwillleavemealone.YetIamnotalone,becausetheFatheriswithme.33Ihavetoldyouthesethings,thatinmeyoumayhavepeace.Intheworldyouhavetrouble;butcheerup!Ihaveovercometheworld.”