John 16-18 (English Standard Version)

John 16

 ¹"I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. ^2(A) They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed,^(B) the hour is coming when^(C) whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³And they will do these things^(D) because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴But^(E) I have said these things to you, that when^(F) their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

   

The Work of the Holy Spirit

   "I did not say these things to you from the beginning,^(G) because I was with you. ⁵But now^(H) I am going to him who sent me, and^(I) none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' ⁶But because I have said these things to you,^(J) sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for^(K) if I do not go away,^(L) the Helper will not come to you. But^(M) if^(N) I go,^(O) I will send him to you. ^8(P) And when he comes, he will^(Q) convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹concerning sin,^(R) because they do not believe in me; ^10(S) concerning righteousness,^(T) because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ^11(U) concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world^(V) is judged.

 ¹²"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. ¹³When^(W) the Spirit of truth comes,^(X) he will^(Y) guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but^(Z) whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. ¹⁴He will^(AA) glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. ^15(AB) All that the Father has is mine;^(AC) therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

 ^16(AD) "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and^(AE) again a little while, and you will see me." ¹⁷So^(AF) some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, ^(AG) 'A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me'; and, ^(AH) 'because I am going to the Father'?" ¹⁸So they were saying, "What does he mean by 'a little while'?^(AI) We do not know what he is talking about." ^19(AJ) Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, "Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, 'A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me'? ²⁰Truly, truly, I say to you,^(AK) you will weep and lament, but^(AL) the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but^(AM) your sorrow will turn into joy. ^21(AN) When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ^22(AO) So also you have sorrow now, but^(AP) I will see you again, and^(AQ) your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. ^23(AR) In that day you will^(AS) ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you,^(AT) whatever you ask of the Father in my name,^(AU) he will give it to you. ²⁴Until now you have asked nothing in my name.^(AV) Ask, and you will receive,^(AW) that your joy may be full.

I Have Overcome the World

 ²⁵"I have said these things to you in figures of speech.^(AX) The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father. ²⁶In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf; ^27(AY) for the Father himself loves you, because^(AZ) you have loved me and^(BA) have believed that I came from God.^{[a] 28(BB)} I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now^(BC) I am leaving the world and going to the Father."

 ²⁹His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not^(BD) using figurative speech! ³⁰Now we know that^(BE) you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that^(BF) you came from God." ³¹Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? ³²Behold,^(BG) the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when^(BH) you will be scattered, each to his own home, and^(BI) will leave me alone.^(BJ) Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. ³³I have said these things to you, that^(BK) in me you may have peace.^(BL) In the world you will have^(BM) tribulation. But^(BN) take heart;^(BO) I have overcome the world."

John 17

The High Priestly Prayer

 ¹When Jesus had spoken these words,^(BP) he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father,^(BQ) the hour has come;^(BR) glorify your Son that the Son may^(BS) glorify you, ²since^(BT) you have given him authority over all flesh,^(BU) to give eternal life to all^(BV) whom you have given him. ^3(BW) And this is eternal life,^(BX) that they know you^(BY) the only^(BZ) true God, and^(CA) Jesus Christ whom you have sent. ⁴I^(CB) glorified you on earth,^(CC) having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. ⁵And now, Father,^(CD) glorify me in your own presence with the glory^(CE) that I had with you^(CF) before the world existed.

 ^6(CG) "I have manifested your name to the people^(CH) whom you gave me out of the world.^(CI) Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. ⁷Now they know that everything^(CJ) that you have given me is from you. ⁸For I have given them^(CK) the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that^(CL) I came from you; and^(CM) they have believed that you sent me. ⁹I am praying for them.^(CN) I am not praying for the world but for those^(CO) whom you have given me, for^(CP) they are yours. ^10(CQ) All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and^(CR) I am glorified in them. ¹¹And I am no longer in the world, but^(CS) they are in the world, and^(CT) I am coming to you.^(CU) Holy Father,^(CV) keep them in your name,^(CW) which you have given me,^(CX) that they may be one,^(CY) even as we are one. ^12(CZ) While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have^(DA) guarded them, and^(DB) not one of them has been lost except^(DC) the son of destruction,^(DD) that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³But now^(DE) I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have^(DF) my joy fulfilled in themselves. ^14(DG) I have given them your word, and^(DH) the world has hated them^(DI) because they are not of the world,^(DJ) just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I^(DK) do not ask that you^(DL) take them out of the world, but that you^(DM) keep them from^(DN) the evil one.^{[b] 16(DO)} They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ^17(DP) Sanctify them^[c] in the truth;^(DQ) your word is truth. ^18(DR) As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹And^(DS) for their sake^(DT) I consecrate myself,^[d] that they also^(DU) may be sanctified^[e] in truth.

 ²⁰"I do not^(DV) ask for these only, but also for those^(DW) who will believe in me through their word, ^21(DX) that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that^(DY) they also may be in^(DZ) us, so that the world^(EA) may believe that you have sent me. ^22(EB) The glory that you have given me^(EC) I have given to them,^(ED) that they may be one even as we are one, ^23(EE) I in them and you in me,^(EF) that they may become perfectly one,^(EG) so that the world may know that you sent me and^(EH) loved them even as^(EI) you loved me. ²⁴Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be^(EJ) with me^(EK) where I am,^(EL) to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me^(EM) before the foundation of the world. ^25(EN) O righteous Father, even though^(EO) the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. ^26(EP) I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love^(EQ) with which you have loved me may be in them, and^(ER) I in them."

John 18

Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus

 ¹When Jesus had spoken these words,^(ES) he went out with his disciples across^(ET) the Kidron Valley, where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered. ²Now Judas, who betrayed him, also knew^(EU) the place, for^(EV) Jesus often met there with his disciples. ^3(EW) So Judas, having procured a band of soldiers and some officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, went there with lanterns and torches and weapons. ⁴Then Jesus,^(EX) knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, ^(EY) "Whom do you seek?" ⁵They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he."^[f] Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. ^6(EZ) When Jesus^[g] said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground. ⁷So he asked them again, ^(FA) "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." ⁸Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. So, if you seek me, let these men go." ^9(FB) This was to fulfill the word that he had spoken: "Of those whom you gave me I have lost not one." ¹⁰Then Simon Peter,^(FC) having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest’s servant^[h] and cut off his right ear. (The servant’s name was Malchus.) ¹¹So Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword into its sheath;^(FD) shall I not drink the cup that the Father has given me?"

Jesus Faces Annas and Caiaphas

 ¹²So the band of soldiers and their captain and the officers of the Jews arrested Jesus and bound him. ¹³First they^(FE) led him to^(FF) Annas, for he was the father-in-law of^(FG) Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. ¹⁴It was Caiaphas who had advised the Jews^(FH) that it would be expedient that one man should die for the people.

Peter Denies Jesus

 ^15(FI) Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple. Since that disciple was known to the high priest, he entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest, ^16(FJ) but Peter stood outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in. ^17(FK) The servant girl at the door said to Peter, "You also are not one of this man’s disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not." ¹⁸Now the servants^[i] and officers had made a charcoal fire, because it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves.^(FL) Peter also was with them, standing and warming himself.

The High Priest Questions Jesus

 ^19(FM) The high priest then questioned Jesus about his disciples and his teaching. ²⁰Jesus answered him, "I have spoken^(FN) openly^(FO) to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together.^(FP) I have said nothing in secret. ²¹Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them; they know what I said." ²²When he had said these things, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying,^(FQ) "Is that how you answer the high priest?" ²³Jesus answered him, "If what I said is wrong, bear witness about the wrong; but if what I said is right, why do you strike me?" ^24(FR) Annas then sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter Denies Jesus Again

 ^25(FS) Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "You also are not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it and said, "I am not." ²⁶One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of^(FT) the man whose ear Peter had cut off, asked, "Did I not see you^(FU) in the garden with him?" ²⁷Peter again denied it, and^(FV) at once a rooster crowed.

Jesus Before Pilate

 ^28(FW) Then they led Jesus^(FX) from the house of Caiaphas to^(FY) the governor’s headquarters.^[j] It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor’s headquarters,^(FZ) so that they would not be defiled,^(GA) but could eat the Passover. ^29(GB) So Pilate went outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?" ³⁰They answered him, "If this man were not doing evil, we would not have delivered him over to you." ³¹Pilate said to them,^(GC) "Take him yourselves and judge him by your own law." The Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death." ^32(GD) This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken^(GE) to show by what kind of death he was going to die.

My Kingdom Is Not of This World

 ^33(GF) So Pilate entered his headquarters again and called Jesus and said to him,^(GG) "Are you the King of the Jews?" ³⁴Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did others say it to you about me?" ³⁵Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you over to me. What have you done?" ³⁶Jesus answered, ^(GH) "My kingdom^(GI) is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world,^(GJ) my servants would have been fighting, that^(GK) I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world." ³⁷Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, ^(GL) "You say that I am a king.^(GM) For this purpose I was born and for this purpose^(GN) I have come into the world—^(GO) to bear witness to the truth.^(GP) Everyone who is^(GQ) of the truth^(GR) listens to my voice." ³⁸Pilate said to him, "What is truth?"

   

   After he had said this,^(GS) he went back outside to the Jews and told them,^(GT) "I find no guilt in him. ^39(GU) But you have a custom that I should release one man for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?" ⁴⁰They cried out again,^(GV) "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.^[k]