John 16-18 (New American Standard Bible)

John 16

Jesus' Warning

 ¹"^(A)These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from ^(B)stumbling.

 ²"They will ^(C)make you outcasts from the synagogue, but ^(D)an hour is coming for everyone ^(E)who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

 ³"These things they will do ^(F)because they have not known the Father or Me.

 ⁴"But these things I have spoken to you, ^(G)so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them These things I did not say to you ^(H)at the beginning, because I was with you.

The Holy Spirit Promised

 ⁵"But now ^(I)I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, '^(J)Where are You going?'

 ⁶"But because I have said these things to you, ^(K)sorrow has filled your heart.

 ⁷"But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the ^(L)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, ^(M)I will send Him to you.

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

 ⁹concerning sin, ^(N)because they do not believe in Me;

 ¹⁰and concerning ^(O)righteousness, because ^(P)I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

 ^11(Q)and 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, ^(R)the Spirit of truth, comes, He will ^(S)guide 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 ^(T)glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

 ¹⁵"^(U)All 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"^(V)A little while, and ^(W)you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and ^(X)you will see Me."

 ¹⁷Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, '^(Y)A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because ^(Z)I 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."

 ^19(AA)Jesus 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 ^(AB)you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(AC)your grief will be turned into joy.

 ²¹"^(AD)Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, 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 child has been born into the world.

 ²²"Therefore ^(AE)you too have grief now; but ^(AF)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

 ²³"^(AG)In that day ^(AH)you will not question Me about anything Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(AI)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

 ²⁴"^(AJ)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(AK)joy may be made full.

 ²⁵"These things I have spoken to you in ^(AL)figurative language; ^(AM)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

 ²⁶"^(AN)In that day ^(AO)you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

 ²⁷for ^(AP)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^(AQ)have believed that ^(AR)I came forth from the Father.

 ²⁸"^(AS)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and ^(AT)going to the Father."

 ²⁹His disciples said, "Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using ^(AU)a figure of speech.

 ³⁰"Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we ^(AV)believe that You ^(AW)came from God."

 ³¹Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

 ³²"Behold, ^(AX)an hour is coming, and has already come, for ^(AY)you to be scattered, each to ^(AZ)his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ^(BA)I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

 ³³"These things I have spoken to you, so that ^(BB)in Me you may have peace ^(BC)In the world you have tribulation, but ^(BD)take courage; ^(BE)I have overcome the world."

John 17

The High Priestly Prayer

 ¹Jesus spoke these things; and ^(BF)lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, "Father, the hour has come; ^(BG)glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,

 ²even as ^(BH)You gave Him authority over all flesh, that ^(BI)to all whom You have given Him, ^(BJ)He may give eternal life.

 ³"This is eternal life, that they may know You, ^(BK)the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom ^(BL)You have sent.

 ⁴"^(BM)I glorified You on the earth, ^(BN)having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.

 ⁵"Now, Father, ^(BO)glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had ^(BP)with You before the world was.

 ⁶"^(BQ)I have manifested Your name to the men whom ^(BR)You gave Me out of the world; they were ^(BS)Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have ^(BT)kept Your word.

 ⁷"Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;

 ⁸for ^(BU)the words which You gave Me ^(BV)I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that ^(BW)I came forth from You, and they believed that ^(BX)You sent Me.

 ⁹"^(BY)I ask on their behalf; ^(BZ)I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom ^(CA)You have given Me; for ^(CB)they are Yours;

 ¹⁰and ^(CC)all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.

 ¹¹"I am no longer in the world; and yet ^(CD)they themselves are in the world, and ^(CE)I come to You ^(CF)Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name ^(CG)which You have given Me, that ^(CH)they may be one even as We are.

 ¹²"While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name ^(CI)which You have given Me; and I guarded them and ^(CJ)not one of them perished but ^(CK)the son of perdition, so that the ^(CL)Scripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

 ¹³"But now ^(CM)I come to You; and ^(CN)these things I speak in the world so that they may have My ^(CO)joy made full in themselves.

 ¹⁴"I have given them Your word; and ^(CP)the world has hated them, because ^(CQ)they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

 ¹⁵"I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from ^(CR)the evil one.

 ¹⁶"^(CS)They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

 ¹⁷"^(CT)Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

 ¹⁸"As ^(CU)You sent Me into the world, ^(CV)I also have sent them into the world.

 ¹⁹"For their sakes I ^(CW)sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be ^(CX)sanctified ^(CY)in truth.

 ²⁰"I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;

 ²¹that they may all be one; ^(CZ)even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, ^(DA)so that the world may believe that ^(DB)You sent Me.

Their Future Glory

 ²²"The ^(DC)glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;

 ^23(DD)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that ^(DE)You sent Me, and ^(DF)loved them, even as You have loved Me.

 ²⁴"Father, I desire that ^(DG)they also, whom You have given Me, ^(DH)be with Me where I am, so that they may see My ^(DI)glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before ^(DJ)the foundation of the world.

 ²⁵"O ^(DK)righteous Father, although ^(DL)the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that ^(DM)You sent Me;

 ²⁶and ^(DN)I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that ^(DO)the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

John 18

Judas Betrays Jesus

 ¹When Jesus had spoken these words, ^(DP)He went forth with His disciples over ^(DQ)the ravine of the Kidron, where there was ^(DR)a garden, in which He entered with His disciples.

 ²Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had ^(DS)often met there with His disciples.

 ^3(DT)Judas then, having received ^(DU)the Roman cohort and ^(DV)officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns and ^(DW)torches and weapons.

 ⁴So Jesus, ^(DX)knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and said to them, "^(DY)Whom do you seek?"

 ⁵They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He said to them, "I am He." And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.

 ⁶So when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground.

 ⁷Therefore He again asked them, "^(DZ)Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."

 ⁸Jesus answered, "I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way,"

 ⁹to fulfill the word which He spoke, "^(EA)Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."

 ¹⁰Simon Peter then, ^(EB)having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus.

 ¹¹So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; ^(EC)the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"

Jesus before the Priests

 ^12(ED)So ^(EE)the Roman cohort and the commander and the ^(EF)officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,

 ¹³and led Him to ^(EG)Annas first; for he was father-in-law of ^(EH)Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

 ¹⁴Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that ^(EI)it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.

 ^15(EJ)Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into ^(EK)the court of the high priest,

 ^16(EL)but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.

 ^17(EM)Then the slave-girl who kept the door said to Peter, "^(EN)You are not also one of this man's disciples, are you?" He said, "I am not."

 ¹⁸Now the slaves and the ^(EO)officers were standing there, having made ^(EP)a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were ^(EQ)warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.

 ^19(ER)The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.

 ²⁰Jesus answered him, "I ^(ES)have spoken openly to the world; I always ^(ET)taught in synagogues and ^(EU)in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.

 ²¹"Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said."

 ²²When He had said this, one of the ^(EV)officers standing nearby ^(EW)struck Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"

 ^23(EX)Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?"

 ^24(EY)So Annas sent Him bound to ^(EZ)Caiaphas the high priest.

Peter's Denial of Jesus

 ^25(FA)Now ^(FB)Simon Peter was standing and warming himself So they said to him, "^(FC)You are not also one of His disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."

 ²⁶One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one ^(FD)whose ear Peter cut off, said, "Did I not see you in ^(FE)the garden with Him?"

 ²⁷Peter then denied it again, and immediately ^(FF)a rooster crowed.

Jesus before Pilate

 ^28(FG)Then they led Jesus from ^(FH)Caiaphas into ^(FI)the ^[a]Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into ^(FJ)the Praetorium so that ^(FK)they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.

 ^29(FL)Therefore Pilate went out to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?"

 ³⁰They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you."

 ³¹So Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law." The Jews said to him, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death,"

 ³²to fulfill ^(FM)the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.

 ³³Therefore Pilate ^(FN)entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, "^(FO)Are You the King of the Jews?"

 ³⁴Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?"

 ³⁵Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?"

 ³⁶Jesus answered, "^(FP)My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not ^[b]of this realm."

 ³⁷Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "^(FQ)You say correctly that I am a king For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, ^(FR)to testify to the truth ^(FS)Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."

 ³⁸Pilate said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he ^(FT)went out again to the Jews and said to them, "^(FU)I find no guilt in Him.

 ³⁹"^(FV)But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"

 ⁴⁰So they cried out again, saying, "^(FW)Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.