John Chapter 16
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us who it is of whom he speaketh.
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He leaning back, as he was, on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?
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Jesus therefore answereth, He it is, for whom I shall dip the sop, and give it him. So when he had dipped the sop, he taketh and giveth it to Judas,
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the son of Simon Iscariot.
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And after the sop, then entered Satan into him. Jesus therefore saith unto him, What thou doest, do quickly.
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Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.
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For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.
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He then having received the sop went out straightway: and it was night.
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When therefore he was gone out, Jesus saith, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him;
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and God shall glorify him in himself, and straightway shall he glorify him.
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Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.
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A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another; even as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
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By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
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Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow afterwards.
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Peter saith unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee even now? I will lay down my life for thee.
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Jesus answereth, Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.
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Let not your heart be troubled: believe in God, believe also in me.
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In my Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
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And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am,
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there ye may be also.
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And whither I go, ye know the way.
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Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?
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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
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If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also: from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
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Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
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Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?
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Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father abiding in me doeth his works.
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Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater
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works than these shall he do; because I go unto the Father.
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And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
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If ye shall ask anything in my name, that will I do.
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If ye love me, ye will keep my commandments.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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These things I have spoken unto you that ye may not be offended.
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They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service toGod;
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and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me.
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But I have spoken these things to you, that when their hour shall have come, ye may remember them, that I have said [them] unto you. But I did not say these things unto you from [the] beginning, because I was with you.
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But now I go to him that has sent me, and none of you demands of me, Where goest thou?
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But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
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But I say the truth to you, It is profitable 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.
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And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
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of sin, because they do not believe on me;
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of righteousness, because I go away to [my] Father, and ye behold me no longer;
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of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
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I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.
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But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatsoever he shall hear he shall speak; and he will announce to you what is coming.
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He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and shall announce [it] to you.
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All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce [it] to you.
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A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, [because I go away to the Father].
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[Some] of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father?
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They said therefore, What is this which he says [of] the little while? We do not know [of] what he speaks.
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Jesus knew therefore that they desired to demand of him, and said to them, Do ye inquire of this among yourselves that I said, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me?
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Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy.
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A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world.
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And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.
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And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
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Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declare to you openly concerning the Father.
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In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will demand of the Father for you,
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for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out fromGod.
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I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I leave the world and go to the Father.
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His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speakest openly and utterest no allegory.
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Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast not need that any one should demand of thee. By this we believe that thou art come fromGod.
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Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
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Behold, [the] hour is coming, and has come, that ye shall be scattered, each to his own, and shall leave me alone; and [yet] I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
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These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Hæc locutus sum vobis, ut non scandalizemini.
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Absque synagogis facient vos: sed venit hora, ut omnis, qui interficit vos, arbitretur obsequium se præstare Deo.
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et hæc facient vobis, quia non noverunt Patrem, neque me.
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Sed hæc locutus sum vobis: ut cum venerit hora eorum reminiscamini, quia ego dixi vobis.
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Hæc autem vobis ab initio non dixi, quia vobiscum eram: Et nunc vado ad eum, qui misit me; et nemo ex vobis interrogat me, Quo vadis?
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Sed quia hæc locutus sum vobis, tristitia implevit cor vestrum.
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Sed ego veritatem dico vobis: expedit vobis ut ego vadam: si enim non abiero, Paraclitus non veniet ad vos: si autem abiero, mittam eum ad vos.
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Et cum venerit ille, arguet mundum de peccato, et de iustitia, et de iudicio.
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de peccato quidem: quia non crediderunt in me.
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de iustitia vero: quia ad Patrem vado: et iam non videbitis me:
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De iudicio autem: quia princeps huius mundi iam iudicatus est.
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Adhuc multa habeo vobis dicere: sed non potestis portare modo.
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Cum autem venerit ille Spiritus veritatis, docebit vos omnem veritatem. non enim loquetur a semetipso: sed quæcumque audiet loquetur, et quæ ventura sunt annunciabit vobis.
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Ille me clarificabit: quia de meo accipiet, et annunciabit vobis.
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Omnia quæcumque habet Pater, mea sunt. Propterea dixi: quia de meo accipiet, et annunciabit vobis.
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Modicum, et iam non videbitis me: et iterum modicum, et videbitis me: quia vado ad Patrem.
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Dixerunt ergo ex discipulis eius ad invicem: Quid est hoc, quod dicit nobis: Modicum, et non videbitis me: et iterum modicum, et videbitis me, et quia vado ad Patrem?
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Dicebant ergo: Quid est hoc, quod dicit, Modicum? nescimus quid loquitur.
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Cognovit autem Iesus, quia volebant eum interrogare, et dixit eis: De hoc quæritis inter vos quia dixi, Modicum, et non videbitis me: et iterum modicum, et videbitis me.
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Amen, amen dico vobis: quia plorabitis, et flebitis vos, mundus autem gaudebit: vos autem contristabimini, sed tristitia vestra vertetur in gaudium.
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Mulier cum parit, tristitiam habet, quia venit hora eius: cum autem pepererit puerum, iam non meminit pressuræ propter gaudium: quia natus est homo in mundum.
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Et vos igitur nunc quidem tristitiam habetis, iterum autem videbo vos, et gaudebit cor vestrum: et gaudium vestrum nemo tollet a vobis.
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Et in illo die me non rogabitis quidquam. Amen, amen dico vobis: siquid petieritis Patrem in nomine meo, dabit vobis.
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Usque modo non petistis quidquam in nomine meo: Petite, et accipietis, ut gaudium vestrum sit plenum.
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Hæc in proverbiis locutus sum vobis. Venit hora cum iam non in proverbiis loquar vobis, sed palam de Patre annunciabo vobis.
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in illo die in nomine meo petetis: et non dico vobis quia ego rogabo Patrem de vobis:
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Ipse enim Pater amat vos, quia vos me amastis, et credidistis, quia ego a Deo exivi.
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Exivi a Patre, et veni in mundum: iterum relinquo mundum, et vado ad Patrem.
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Dicunt ei discipuli eius: Ecce nunc palam loqueris, et proverbium nullum dicis.
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nunc scimus quia scis omnia, et non opus est tibi ut quis te interroget: in hoc credimus quia a Deo existi.
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Respondit eis Iesus: Modo creditis?
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Ecce venit hora, et iam venit, ut dispergamini unusquisque in propria, et me solum relinquatis: et non sum solus, quia Pater mecum est.
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Hæc locutus sum vobis, ut in me pacem habeatis. In mundo pressuram habebitis: sed confidite, ego vici mundum.
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“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
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They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
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They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
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But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
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But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
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But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.
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Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
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When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
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about sin, because they don’t believe in me;
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about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;
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about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
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“I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
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However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
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He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will declare it to you.
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All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine and will declare it to you.
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“A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
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Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’?”
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They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.”
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Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
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Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
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A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
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Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
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“In that day you will ask me no questions. Most certainly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
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Until now, you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be made full.
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“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
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In that day you will ask in my name; and I don’t say to you that I will pray to the Father for you,
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for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.
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I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
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His disciples said to him, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly, and using no figures of speech.
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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.”
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Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
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Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
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I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
wh1881 (wh1881) - Westcott-Hort Greek NT 1881 eBible USFM
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ταυτα λελαληκα υμιν ινα μη σκανδαλισθητε
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αποσυναγωγους ποιησουσιν υμας αλλ ερχεται ωρα ινα πας ο αποκτεινας [υμας] δοξη λατρειαν προσφερειν τω θεω
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και ταυτα ποιησουσιν οτι ουκ εγνωσαν τον πατερα ουδε εμε
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αλλα ταυτα λελαληκα υμιν ινα οταν ελθη η ωρα αυτων μνημονευητε αυτων οτι εγω ειπον υμιν ταυτα δε υμιν εξ αρχης ουκ ειπον οτι μεθ υμων ημην
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νυν δε υπαγω προς τον πεμψαντα με και ουδεις εξ υμων ερωτα με που υπαγεις
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αλλ οτι ταυτα λελαληκα υμιν η λυπη πεπληρωκεν υμων την καρδιαν
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αλλ εγω την αληθειαν λεγω υμιν συμφερει υμιν ινα εγω απελθω εαν γαρ μη απελθω ο παρακλητος ου μη ελθη προς υμας εαν δε πορευθω πεμψω αυτον προς υμας
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και ελθων εκεινος ελεγξει τον κοσμον περι αμαρτιας και περι δικαιοσυνης και περι κρισεως
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περι αμαρτιας μεν οτι ου πιστευουσιν εις εμε
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περι δικαιοσυνης δε οτι προς τον πατερα υπαγω και ουκετι θεωρειτε με
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περι δε κρισεως οτι ο αρχων του κοσμου τουτου κεκριται
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ετι πολλα εχω υμιν λεγειν αλλ ου δυνασθε βασταζειν αρτι
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οταν δε ελθη εκεινος το πνευμα της αληθειας οδηγησει υμας εις την αληθειαν πασαν ου γαρ λαλησει αφ εαυτου αλλ οσα ακουει λαλησει και τα ερχομενα αναγγελει υμιν
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εκεινος εμε δοξασει οτι εκ του εμου λημψεται και αναγγελει υμιν
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παντα οσα εχει ο πατηρ εμα εστιν δια τουτο ειπον οτι εκ του εμου λαμβανει και αναγγελει υμιν
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μικρον και ουκετι θεωρειτε με και παλιν μικρον και οψεσθε με
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ειπαν ουν εκ των μαθητων αυτου προς αλληλους τι εστιν τουτο ο λεγει ημιν μικρον και ου θεωρειτε με και παλιν μικρον και οψεσθε με και οτι υπαγω προς τον πατερα
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ελεγον ουν τι εστιν τουτο ο λεγει μικρον ουκ οιδαμεν [τι λαλει]
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εγνω ιησους οτι ηθελον αυτον ερωταν και ειπεν αυτοις περι τουτου ζητειτε μετ αλληλων οτι ειπον μικρον και ου θεωρειτε με και παλιν μικρον και οψεσθε με
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αμην αμην λεγω υμιν οτι κλαυσετε και θρηνησετε υμεις ο δε κοσμος χαρησεται υμεις λυπηθησεσθε αλλ η λυπη υμων εις χαραν γενησεται
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η γυνη οταν τικτη λυπην εχει οτι ηλθεν η ωρα αυτης οταν δε γεννηση το παιδιον ουκετι μνημονευει της θλιψεως δια την χαραν οτι εγεννηθη ανθρωπος εις τον κοσμον
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και υμεις ουν νυν μεν λυπην εχετε παλιν δε οψομαι υμας και χαρησεται υμων η καρδια και την χαραν υμων ουδεις αρει αφ υμων
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και εν εκεινη τη ημερα εμε ουκ ερωτησετε ουδεν αμην αμην λεγω υμιν αν τι αιτησητε τον πατερα δωσει υμιν εν τω ονοματι μου
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εως αρτι ουκ ητησατε ουδεν εν τω ονοματι μου αιτειτε και λημψεσθε ινα η χαρα υμων η πεπληρωμενη
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ταυτα εν παροιμιαις λελαληκα υμιν ερχεται ωρα οτε ουκετι εν παροιμιαις λαλησω υμιν αλλα παρρησια περι του πατρος απαγγελω υμιν
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εν εκεινη τη ημερα εν τω ονοματι μου αιτησεσθε και ου λεγω υμιν οτι εγω ερωτησω τον πατερα περι υμων
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αυτος γαρ ο πατηρ φιλει υμας οτι υμεις εμε πεφιληκατε και πεπιστευκατε οτι εγω παρα του πατρος εξηλθον
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εξηλθον εκ του πατρος και εληλυθα εις τον κοσμον παλιν αφιημι τον κοσμον και πορευομαι προς τον πατερα
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λεγουσιν οι μαθηται αυτου ιδε νυν εν παρρησια λαλεις και παροιμιαν ουδεμιαν λεγεις
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νυν οιδαμεν οτι οιδας παντα και ου χρειαν εχεις ινα τις σε ερωτα εν τουτω πιστευομεν οτι απο θεου εξηλθες
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απεκριθη αυτοις ιησους αρτι πιστευετε
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ιδου ερχεται ωρα και εληλυθεν ινα σκορπισθητε εκαστος εις τα ιδια καμε μονον αφητε και ουκ ειμι μονος οτι ο πατηρ μετ εμου εστιν
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ταυτα λελαληκα υμιν ινα εν εμοι ειρηνην εχητε εν τω κοσμω θλιψιν εχετε αλλα θαρσειτε εγω νενικηκα τον κοσμον
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,
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out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;
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and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.
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`But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said <FI>them<Fi> to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;
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and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?
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but because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart.
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`But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;
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and having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;
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concerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me;
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and concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;
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and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.
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`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear <FI>them<Fi> now;
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and when He may come--the Spirit of truth--He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;
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He will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you.
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`All things, as many as the Father hath, are mine; because of this I said, That of mine He will take, and will tell to you;
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a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.'
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Therefore said <FI>some<Fi> of his disciples one to another, `What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?'
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they said then, `What is this he saith--the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
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Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, `Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?
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verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.
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`The woman, when she may bear, hath sorrow, because her hour did come, and when she may bear the child, no more doth she remember the anguish, because of the joy that a man was born to the world.
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`And ye, therefore, now, indeed, have sorrow; and again I will see you, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one doth take from you,
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and in that day ye will question me nothing; verily, verily, I say to you, as many things as ye may ask of the Father in my name, He will give you;
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till now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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`These things in similitudes I have spoken to you, but there cometh an hour when no more in similitudes will I speak to you, but freely of the Father, will tell you.
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`In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,
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for the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;
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I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'
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His disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;
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now we have known that thou hast known all things, and hast no need that any one do question thee; in this we believe that from God thou didst come forth.'
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Jesus answered them, `Now do ye believe? lo, there doth come an hour,
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and now it hath come, that ye may be scattered, each to his own things, and me ye may leave alone, and I am not alone, because the Father is with me;
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these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'
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Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).