John 16-17

New American Standard Bible

Jesus’ Warning

16 “^(A)These things I have spoken to you so that you will not ^[a]be ^(B)led into sin. ²They will ^[b]^(C)ban you from the synagogue, yet ^(D)an hour is coming for everyone ^(E)who kills you to think that he is offering a ^[c]service to God. ³These things they will do ^(F)because they have not known the Father nor Me. ⁴But these things I have spoken to you, ^(G)so that when their hour comes, you ^[d]may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things 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?’ ⁶But because I have said these things to you, ^(K)grief has filled your heart. ⁷But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the ^[e]^(L)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, ^(M)I will send Him to you. ⁸And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: ⁹regarding sin, ^(N)because they do not believe in Me; ¹⁰and regarding ^(O)righteousness, because ^(P)I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me; ¹¹^(Q)and regarding 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 at the present time. ¹³But 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, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. ¹⁴He will ^(T)glorify Me, for He will take from Mine and will disclose it to you. ¹⁵^(U)All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.

Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

¹⁶“^(V)A little while, and ^(W)you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and ^(X)you will see Me.” ¹⁷So some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He is telling us, ‘^(Y)A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because ^(Z)I am going 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 wanted to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you are not going to see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? ²⁰Truly, truly I say to you that ^(AB)you will weep and mourn, 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 ^[f]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 ^[g]child has been born into the world. ²²Therefore ^(AE)you too have grief now; but ^(AF)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

²³And ^(AG)on 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)figures of speech; ^(AM)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father. ²⁶^(AN)On that day ^(AO)you will ask in My name, and I am not saying 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; again, I am leaving the world and ^(AT)going to the Father.”

²⁹His disciples *said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^[h]using any ^(AU)figure of speech. ³⁰Now we know that You know all things, and that You have no need for anyone to question You; this is why we ^(AV)believe that You ^(AW)came forth from God.” ³¹Jesus replied to them, “Do you now believe? ³²Behold, ^(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. ³³These 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.”

The High Priestly Prayer

17 Jesus spoke these things; and ^(BF)raising His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; ^(BG)glorify Your Son, so that the Son may glorify You, ²just as ^(BH)You gave Him authority over all ^[i]mankind, so that ^[j]^(BI)to all whom You have given Him, ^(BJ)He may give eternal life. ³And 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 ^[k]^(BN)by accomplishing the work which You have given Me to do. ⁵And now You, Father, ^(BO)glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had ^(BP)with You before the world existed.

⁶“^(BQ)I have revealed 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)followed Your word. ⁷Now they have come to know that everything which 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 on the behalf of those whom ^(CA)You have given Me, because ^(CB)they are Yours; ¹⁰and ^(CC)all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. ¹¹I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet ^(CD)they themselves are in the world, and ^(CE)I am coming to You. ^(CF)Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name ^(CG)which You have given Me, so that ^(CH)they may be one just as We are. ¹²While 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 except ^(CK)the ^[l]son of destruction, so that the ^(CL)Scripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

¹³But now ^(CM)I am coming to You; and ^(CN)these things I speak in the world so that they may have My ^(CO)joy made full in themselves. ¹⁴I have given them Your word; and ^(CP)the world has hated them because ^(CQ)they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from ^[m]^(CR)the evil one. ¹⁶^(CS)They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ¹⁷^(CT)Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. ¹⁸Just as ^(CU)You sent Me into the world, ^(CV)I also sent them into the world. ¹⁹And for their sakes I ^(CW)sanctify Myself, so that they themselves also may be ^(CX)sanctified ^(CY)in truth.

²⁰“I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word, ²¹that they may all be one; ^(CZ)just as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, ^(DA)so that the world may ^[n]believe that ^(DB)You sent Me.

Disciples’ Future Glory

²²The ^(DC)glory which You have given Me I also have given to them, so that they may be one, just as We are one; ²³^(DD)I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected ^[o]in unity, so that the world may ^[p]know that ^(DE)You sent Me, and You ^(DF)loved them, just as You loved Me. ²⁴Father, 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“^(DK)Righteous Father, ^[q]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.”