John 16–17

16“These things I have spoken to you, that you ^ashould not be made to stumble. ^2bThey will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming ^cthat whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. ³And ^dthese things they will do ¹to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. ⁴But these things I have told you, that when ²the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.

“And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

⁵“But now I ^ego away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ ⁶But because I have said these things to you, ^fsorrow has filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless 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 ^gif I depart, I will send Him to you. ⁸And when He has ^hcome, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: ⁹ⁱof sin, because they do not believe in Me; ^10jof righteousness, ^kbecause I go to My Father and you see Me no more; ^11lof judgment, because ^mthe ruler of this world is judged.

¹²“I still have many things to say to you, ⁿbut you cannot bear them now. ¹³However, when He, ^othe Spirit of truth, has come, ^pHe will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. ^14qHe will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. ^15rAll things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He ³will take of Mine and declare it to you.

The Prediction of Christ’s Death and Resurrection

¹⁶“A ^slittle while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, ^tbecause I go to the Father.”

¹⁷Then some of His disciples said among themselves, “What is this that He says to 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’?” ¹⁸They said therefore, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not ⁴know what He is saying.”

¹⁹Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to them, “Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’? ²⁰Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and ^ulament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into ^vjoy. ^21wA woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ²²Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and ^xyour heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

²³“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. ^yMost assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. ²⁴Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, ^zthat your joy may be ^afull.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you ^bplainly about the Father. ²⁶In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; ^27cfor the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and ^dhave believed that I came forth from God. ^28eI came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”

²⁹His disciples said to Him, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech! ³⁰Now we are sure that ^fYou know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this ^gwe believe that You came forth from God.”

³¹Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? ^32hIndeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, ⁱeach to his ⁵own, and will leave Me alone. And ^jyet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. ³³These things I have spoken to you, that ^kin Me you may have peace. ^lIn the world you ⁶will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, ^mI have overcome the world.”

Christ Prays for Himself

17Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, ^athe hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, ^2bas You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He ¹should give eternal life to as many ^cas You have given Him. ³And ^dthis is eternal life, that they may know You, ^ethe only true God, and Jesus Christ ^fwhom You have sent. ^4gI have glorified You on the earth. ^hI have finished the work ⁱwhich You have given Me to do. ⁵And now, O Father, glorify Me together ²with Yourself, with the glory ^jwhich I had with You before the world was.

Christ Prays for His Disciples

^6k“I have ³manifested Your name to the men ^lwhom You have given Me out of the world. ^mThey were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. ⁷Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. ⁸For I have given to them the words ⁿwhich You have given Me; and they have received them, ^oand have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that ^pYou sent Me.

⁹“I pray for them. ^qI do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. ¹⁰And all Mine are Yours, and ^rYours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. ^11sNow I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, ^tkeep ⁴through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one ^uas We are. ¹²While I was with them ⁵in the world, ^vI kept them in ⁶Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and ^wnone of them is ⁷lost ^xexcept the son of ⁸perdition, ^ythat the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. ¹⁴I have given them Your word; ^zand the world has hated them because they are not of the world, ^ajust as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but ^bthat You should keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ^17cSanctify ⁹them by Your truth. ^dYour word is truth. ^18eAs You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. ¹⁹And ^ffor their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Christ Prays for All Believers

²⁰“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who ¹will believe in Me through their word; ^21gthat they all may be one, as ^hYou, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. ²²And the ⁱglory which You gave Me I have given them, ^jthat they may be one just as We are one: ²³I in them, and You in Me; ^kthat they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

^24l“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; ^mfor You loved Me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵O righteous Father! ⁿThe world has not known You, but ^oI have known You; and ^pthese have known that You sent Me. ^26qAnd I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love ^rwith which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”