John 16
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"These things I have spoken to you, that you a should not be made to stumble.
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b "They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming c that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.
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"And d these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
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"But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
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"But now I e go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'
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"But because I have said these things to you, f 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 do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but g if I depart, I will send Him to you.
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"And when He has h come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
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i "of sin, because they do not believe in Me;
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j "of righteousness, k because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;
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l "of judgment, because m the ruler of this world is judged.
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"I still have many things to say to you, n but you cannot bear them now.
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"However, when He, o the Spirit of truth, has come, p 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.
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q "He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.
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r "All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.
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"A s little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, t because I go to the Father."
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Then some of His disciples said among themselves, "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'?"
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They said therefore, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is saying."
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Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to them, "Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, 'A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'?
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"Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and u lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into v joy.
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w "A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
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"Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and x your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
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"And in that day you will ask Me nothing. y Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.
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"Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, z that your joy may be a full.
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"These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you b plainly about the Father.
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"In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;
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c "for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and d have believed that I came forth from God.
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e "I came forth 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, "See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech!
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"Now we are sure that f You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this g we believe that You came forth from God."
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Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?
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h "Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, i each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And j yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
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"These things I have spoken to you, that k in Me you may have peace. l In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, m I have overcome the world."
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Matthew 11:6
"And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."
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John 9:22
His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had agreed already that if anyone confessed that He was Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
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Acts 8:1
Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
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John 8:19
Then they said to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.
John 15:21
But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
Acts 13:27
For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.
Romans 10:2
For I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.
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John 7:33
Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.
John 13:33
Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you cannot come,' so now I say to you.
John 14:28
You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I.
John 17:11
Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
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Matthew 17:23
And they will kill Him, and the third day He will be raised up." And they were exceedingly sorrowful.
John 16:20
Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
John 16:22
Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.
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Acts 2:33
Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
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Acts 1:8
"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth."
Acts 2:1 - 4
When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
Acts 2:37
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Men and brethren, what shall we do?
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Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man attested by God to you by miracles, wonders, and signs which God did through Him in your midst, as you yourselves also know -
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Acts 2:32
This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.
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John 5:32
There is another who bears witness of Me, and I know that the witness which He witnesses of Me is true.
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Acts 26:18
'to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.'
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Luke 10:18
And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
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Mark 4:33
And with many such parables He spoke the word to them as they were able to hear it.
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John 14:17
The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
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John 14:26
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
Acts 11:28
Then one of them, named Agabus, stood up and showed by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine throughout all the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Revelation 1:19
Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this.
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John 15:26
But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
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Matthew 11:27
All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him.
John 3:35
The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
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John 7:33
Then Jesus said to them, "I shall be with you a...
John 12:35
Then Jesus said to them, "A little while longer...
John 13:33
Little children, I shall be with you a little w...
John 14:19
A little while longer and the world will see Me...
John 19:40 - 42
Then they took the body of Jesus, and bound it ...
John 20:19
Then, the same day at evening, being the first ...
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John 13:3
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God.
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Mark 16:10
She went and told those who had been with Him, as they mourned and wept.
Luke 23:48
And the whole crowd who came together to that sight, seeing what had been done, beat their breasts and returned.
Luke 24:17
And He said to them, "What kind of conversation is this that you have with one another as you walk and are sad?
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Luke 24:32
And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?
Luke 24:41
But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, "Have you any food here?
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Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.
Isaiah 13:8
And they will be afraid. Pangs and sorrows will take hold of them; They will be in pain as a woman in childbirth; They will be amazed at one another; Their faces will be like flames.
Isaiah 26:17
As a woman with child Is in pain and cries out in her pangs, When she draws near the time of her delivery, So have we been in Your sight, O LORD.
Isaiah 42:14
I have held My peace a long time, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry like a woman in labor, I will pant and gasp at once.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
For when they say, "Peace and safety!" then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
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Luke 24:41
But while they still did not believe for joy, a...
John 14:1
Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in ...
John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you;...
John 20:20
When He had said this, He showed them His hands...
Acts 2:46
So continuing daily with one accord in the temp...
Acts 13:52
And the disciples were filled with joy and with...
1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen you love. Though now you d...
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Matthew 7:7
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
John 14:13
And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
John 15:16
You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you.
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John 17:13
But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.
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John 15:11
These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
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John 7:13
However, no one spoke openly of Him for fear of the Jews.
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John 14:21
"He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him."
John 14:23
Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.
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John 3:13
No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
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John 13:1
Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come that He should depart from this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.
John 13:3
Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God.
John 16:5
"But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'
John 16:10
Of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more.
John 16:17
Then some of His disciples said among themselves, "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'?
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John 21:17
He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus said to him, "Feed My sheep.
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John 17:8
For I have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.
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Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, Against th...
Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be ma...
Matthew 26:56
But all this was done that the Scriptures of th...
Mark 14:27
Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be ma...
Mark 14:50
Then they all forsook Him and fled.
Acts 8:1
Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that t...
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John 20:10
Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.
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John 8:29
"And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him."
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Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Romans 5:1
Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:14
For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation.
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2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.
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Romans 8:37
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
1 John 4:4
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
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