John 16:23–33

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.”