John 16:7–27

⁷“But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the ^1aHelper will not come to you; but if I go, ^bI will send Him to you.

⁸“And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

⁹concerning sin, ^abecause they do not believe in Me;

¹⁰and concerning ^arighteousness, because ^bI go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

^11aand concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

¹²“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

¹³“But when He, ^athe Spirit of truth, comes, He will ^bguide 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“He will ^aglorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

¹⁵“^aAll 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“^aA little while, and ^byou will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and ^cyou will see Me.”

¹⁷Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘^aA little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because ^bI go to the Father’?”

¹⁸So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.”

^19aJesus 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“Truly, truly, I say to you, that ^ayou will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^byour grief will be turned into joy.

²¹“^aWhenever a woman is in labor she has ¹pain, 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 ²child has been born into the world.

²²“Therefore ^ayou too have grief now; but ^bI will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

²³“^aIn that day ^byou will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, ^cif you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

²⁴“^aUntil now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^bjoy may be made full.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you in ^1afigurative language; ^ban hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

²⁶“^aIn that day ^byou will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

²⁷for ^athe Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^bhave believed that ^cI came forth from the Father.