John 14–16

Let ^anot your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. ²In ^bmy Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. ^cI go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, ^dI will come again, and receive you unto myself; that ^ewhere I am, there ye may be also. ⁴And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. ^5fThomas saith unto him, Lord, ^gwe know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? ⁶Jesus saith unto him, I am ^hthe way, ⁱthe truth, and ^kthe life: no man cometh unto the Father, ^lbut by me. ^7mIf ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from ⁿhenceforth ye know him, and have seen him. ^8oPhilip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. ⁹Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? ^phe that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? ¹⁰Believest thou not that ^qI am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you, ^rI speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, ^she doeth the works. ¹¹Believe me that ^qI am in the Father, and the Father in me: ^tor else believe me for the very works’ sake. ¹²Verily, verily, I say unto you, ^uHe that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and ^vgreater works than these shall he do; because ^wI go unto my Father. ^13xAnd whatsoever ye shall ask ^yin my name, that will I do, that ^zthe Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

^15aIf ye love me, keep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another ^bComforter, that he may abide with you for ever; ¹⁷Even ^cthe Spirit of truth; ^dwhom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: ^ebut ye know him; for ^fhe dwelleth with you, and ^gshall be in you. ¹⁸I will not leave you comfortless: ^hI will come to you. ¹⁹ⁱYet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye ^jsee me: ^kbecause I live, ye shall live also. ^20lAt that day ye shall know that ^mI am in my Father, and you in me, ⁿand I in you. ^21aHe that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and ^ohe that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ^22ooJudas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? ²³Jesus answered and said unto him, ^apIf a man love me, ^qhe will keep my words: and ^omy Father will love him, and ^rwe will come unto him, and ^smake our abode with him. ²⁴He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and ^tthe word which you hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

²⁵These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. ²⁶But ^uthe Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom ^xthe Father will send in my name, ^yhe shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. ^27zPeace I leave with you, ^amy peace I give unto you: not ^bas the world giveth, give I unto you. ^cLet not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ²⁸Ye have heard how ^dI said unto you, I go away, and ^ecome again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, ^fI go unto the Father: for ^gmy Father is greater than I. ²⁹And ^hnow I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. ³⁰ⁱHereafter I will not talk much with you: for ^jthe prince of this world cometh, and ^khath nothing in me. ³¹But ^lthat the world may know that I love ^mthe Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. ⁿArise, let us go hence.

XV.I am ^athe true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. ^2bEvery branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. ³Now ^cye are clean through ^dthe word which I have spoken unto you. ^4eAbide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. ⁵I am the vine, ^fye are the branches: ^eHe that abideth in me, and I in him, the same ^gbringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. ⁶If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and ^his withered; and ⁱmen gather them, and ^ijcast them into the fire, and ⁱthey are burned. ^7kIf ye abide in me, and ^dmy words abide in you, ^lye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. ^8mHerein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; ^kso shall ye be my disciples. ⁹As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in ⁿmy love. ^10oIf ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept ^pmy Father’s commandments, and abide in his love.

¹¹These things have I spoken unto you, that ^qmy joy might remain in you, and ^rthat your joy might be full. ¹²This is my commandment, ^sThat ye love one another, as I have loved you. ^13tGreater love hath no man than this, ^uthat a man lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴Ye are ^xmy friends, ^yif ye do whatsoever I command you. ¹⁵Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that ^zI have heard of my Father ^aI have made known unto you. ¹⁶Ye have not chosen me, but ^bI have chosen you, and ^cordained you, that you should go and ^dbring forth fruit, and that ^eyour fruit should remain: that ^fwhatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. ¹⁷These things I command you, ^gthat ye love one another. ¹⁸If ^hthe world hate you, ye know that it hated me ⁱbefore it hated you. ^19kIf ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but ^lbecause ye are not of the world, but ^bI have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said unto you, ^mThe servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, ⁿthey will also persecute you; ^oif they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. ²¹But ^pall these things will they do unto you ^qfor my name’s sake, ^rbecause they know not him that sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken unto them, ^sthey had not had sin: ^tbut now they have no ^ucloke for their sin. ²³He that hateth me hateth my Father also. ²⁴If I had not done among them ^xthe works which none other man did, ^sthey had not had sin: but now have they both ^yseen and ^zhated both me and my Father. ²⁵But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in ^atheir law, ^bThey hated me without a cause. ²⁶But when ^cthe Comforter is come, ^dwhom I will send unto you from the Father, even ^ethe Spirit of truth, ^dwhich proceedeth from the Father, ^fhe shall testify of me: ²⁷and ^gye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me ^hfrom the beginning.

XVI.^aThese things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not ^bbe offended. ²They shall ^cput you out of the synagogues: yea, ^dthe time cometh, ^ethat whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God ^fservice. ³And these things will they do unto you, ^gbecause they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴But ^hthese things have I told you, that when ^dthe time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And ⁱthese things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. ⁵But now ^kI go my way to him that sent me; and ^lnone of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? ⁶But because I have said these things unto you, ^msorrow hath filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, ⁿthe Comforter ^owill not come unto you; but ^pif I depart, ^qI will send him unto you. ⁸And when he is come, he will ^rreprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: ^9sof sin, ^tbecause they believe not on me; ^10uof righteousness, ^wbecause I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; ^11xof judgment, because ^ythe prince of this world ^zis judged.

^12aI have yet many things to say unto you, ^bbut ye cannot bear them now. ¹³Howbeit when he, ^cthe Spirit of truth, is come, ^dhe will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and ^ehe will ^fshew you things to come. ¹⁴He shall ^gglorify me: for ^hhe shall receive of mine, and shall ^fshew it unto you. ¹⁵ⁱAll things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that ^hhe shall take of mine, and shall ^fshew it unto you. ^16kA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ^lye shall see me, ^mbecause I go to the Father.

¹⁷Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, ⁿA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? ¹⁸They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. ¹⁹Now Jesus ^oknew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, ⁿA little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? ²⁰Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall ^pweep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but ^qyour sorrow shall be turned into joy. ²¹A ^rwoman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. ²²And ye now therefore have ^ssorrow: but I will see you again, and ^tyour heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. ²³And ^uin that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, ^wWhatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. ²⁴Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, ^xthat your joy may be full. ²⁵These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I…