1 ` These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,

“ These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.

2 o ut 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;

They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

3 a nd these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.

4 ` But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;

But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you. The Holy Spirit Promised

5 a nd now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?

“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘ Where are You going?’

6 b ut because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart.

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

7 ` 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;

But 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 if I go, I will send Him to you.

8 a nd having come, He will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment;

And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

9 c oncerning sin indeed, because they do not believe in me;

concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 a nd concerning righteousness, because unto my Father I go away, and no more do ye behold me;

and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

11 a nd concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

12 ` I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear now;

“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 a nd 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;

But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

14 H e will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you.

He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

15 ` 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;

All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you. Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

16 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.'

“ A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”

17 T herefore said 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?'

Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling 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’ ?”

18 t hey said then, `What is this he saith -- the little while? we have not known what he saith.'

So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’ ? We do not know what He is talking about.”

19 J esus, 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?

Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’?

20 v erily, 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.

Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.

21 ` 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.

Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

22 ` 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,

Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. Prayer Promises

23 a nd 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;

In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

24 t ill now ye did ask nothing in my name; ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.

25 ` 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.

“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

26 ` 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,

In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

27 f or the Father himself doth love you, because me ye have loved, and ye have believed that I from God came forth;

for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

28 I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'

I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father.”

29 H is disciples say to him, `Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;

His disciples said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.

30 n ow 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.'

Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God.”

31 J esus answered them, `Now do ye believe? lo, there doth come an hour,

Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?

32 a nd 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;

Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

33 t hese 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.'

These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”