John 15:1–16:33

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 shall shew you ^yplainly of the Father. ^26zAt that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: ²⁷for ^athe Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have ^bbelieved ^bcthat I came out from God. ^28cdI came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and ^ego to the Father.

²⁹His disciples said unto him, Lo, ^fnow speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. ³⁰Now are we sure that ^gthou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this ^hwe believe that ^hithou camest forth from God. ³¹Jesus answered them, ^kDo ye now believe? ³²Behold, ^lthe hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ^mye shall be scattered, ⁿevery man to ^ohis own, and shall leave me alone: and ^pyet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. ³³These things I have spoken unto you, that ^qin me ye might have peace. In the world ^rye shall have tribulation: but ^sbe of good cheer; ^tI have overcome the world.

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