Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

²⁵ “I’ve been saying all this to you in picture-language. The time is coming when I won’t speak in pictures anymore. Instead, I’ll tell you about the father quite plainly. ²⁶ On that day you will ask in my name. I won’t say I will ask the father on your behalf, ²⁷ because the father himself loves you! That’s because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God. ²⁸ I came from the father, and I’ve come into the world. Now I’m leaving the world, and going back to the father.”

²⁹ “Ah!” said his disciples. “Now you’re speaking plainly! You’re not talking in pictures. ³⁰ Now we know that you know all things, and you don’t need to have anybody ask you anything. This makes us trust that you came from God.”

³¹ “So you do now believe, do you?” replied Jesus. ³² “Look here: the time is coming (in fact, it’s now arrived!) when you will be scattered, each of you to his own place. You will leave me alone—though I’m not alone, because the father is with me. ³³ I’ve said these things to you so that you can have peace in me. You’ll have trouble in the world. But cheer up! I have defeated the world!”