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Gospel of John, Chapter 16

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Chapter 16 of John—Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  1. ¶ “I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.
  2. They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
  3. And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  4. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them.
    ¶ “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
  5. But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
  6. But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.
  7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
  8. And when he comes, he will convince[a] the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
  9. concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;
  10. concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;
  11. concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
  12. ¶ “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
  13. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
  14. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
  15. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
  16. ¶ “A little while, and you will see me no more; again a little while, and you will see me.”
  17. Some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”
  18. They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he means.”
  19. 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’?
  20. Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn into joy.
  21. When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child[b] is born into the world.
  22. So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
  23. In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.
  24. Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name; ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
  25. ¶ “I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.
  26. In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;
  27. for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from the Father.
  28. I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
  29. ¶ His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly, not in any figure!
  30. Now we know that you know all things, and need none to question you; by this we believe that you came from God.”
  31. Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe?
  32. The hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, every man to his home, and will leave me alone; yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
  33. I have said this to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or convict
  2. ^ Greek a human being

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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