| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. | 1“I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. |
| 2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. | 2They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. |
| 3They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. | 3And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. |
| 4But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. | 4But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. |
| 5Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ | 5But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ |
| 6Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things. | 6But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. |
| 7But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. | 7Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. |
| 8And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: | 8And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: |
| 9in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me; | 9concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; |
| 10in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me; | 10concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; |
| 11and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned. | 11concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. |
| 12I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it. | 12“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. |
| 13However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. | 13When 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. |
| 14He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you. | 14He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. |
| 15Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you. | 15All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. |
| 16In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.” | 16“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.” |
| 17Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” | 17So 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 am going to the Father’?” |
| 18They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.” | 18So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.” |
| 19Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’? | 19Jesus 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 tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. | 20Truly, 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. |
| 21A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. | 21When 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. |
| 22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. | 22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you. |
| 23In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. | 23In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. |
| 24Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. | 24Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full. |
| 25I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father. | 25“I have said these things to you in figures of speech. 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. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. | 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; |
| 27For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. | 27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. |
| 28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.” | 28I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” |
| 29His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech. | 29His disciples said, “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! |
| 30Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.” | 30Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.” |
| 31“Do you finally believe?” Jesus replied. | 31Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? |
| 32“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. | 32Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. |
| 33I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!” | 33I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” |
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