John 16 :: New English Translation (NET)

Jesus' Warning

Jhn 16:1"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.

Jhn 16:2They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God.

Jhn 16:3

Jhn 16:3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.

Jhn 16:4

Jhn 16:4But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. "I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

The Holy Spirit Promised

Jhn 16:5

Jhn 16:5But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?'

Jhn 16:6

Jhn 16:6Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.

Jhn 16:7

Jhn 16:7But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.

Jhn 16:8

Jhn 16:8And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment -

Jhn 16:9

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

Jhn 16:10

Jhn 16:10concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;

Jhn 16:11

Jhn 16:11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

Jhn 16:12

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

Jhn 16:13

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

Jhn 16:14

Jhn 16:14He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

Jhn 16:15

Jhn 16:15Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.

Jesus' Death and Resurrection Foretold

Jhn 16:16

Jhn 16:16In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me."

Jhn 16:17

Jhn 16:17Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"

Jhn 16:18

Jhn 16:18So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about."

Jhn 16:19

Jhn 16:19Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this - that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'?

Jhn 16:20

Jhn 16:20I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.

Jhn 16:21

Jhn 16:21When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world.

Jhn 16:22

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

Prayer Promises

Jhn 16:23

Jhn 16:23At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.

Jhn 16:24

Jhn 16:24Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.

Jhn 16:25

Jhn 16:25"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

Jhn 16:26

Jhn 16:26At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Jhn 16:27

Jhn 16:27For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

Jhn 16:28

Jhn 16:28I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."

Jhn 16:29

Jhn 16:29His disciples said, "Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!

Jhn 16:30

Jhn 16:30Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God."

Jhn 16:31

Jhn 16:31Jesus replied, "Do you now believe?

Jhn 16:32

Jhn 16:32Look, a time is coming - and has come - when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.

Jhn 16:33

Jhn 16:33I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage - I have conquered the world."

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