John 16:1-33 NASB

[1] “These things I have spoken to you so that you will not be led into sin. [2] They will ban you from the synagogue, yet an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering a service to God. [3] These things they will do because they have not known the Father nor Me. [4] But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you. [5] “But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ [6] But because I have said these things to you, grief has filled your heart. [7] But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. [8] And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: [9] regarding sin, because they do not believe in Me; [10] and regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me; [11] 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. [13] But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will 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. [14] He will glorify Me, for He will take from Mine and will disclose it to you. [15] All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you. [16] “A little while, and you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.” [17] So some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He is telling us, ‘A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?” [18] So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.” [19] 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’? [20] Truly, truly I say to you that you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy! [21] 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 you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you. [23] And on that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. [24] Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full. [25] “These things I have spoken to you in figures of speech; 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] On that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; [27] for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. [28] I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.” [29] His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and are not using any figure of speech. [30] Now we know that You know all things, and that You have no need for anyone to question You; this is why we believe that You came forth from God.” [31] Jesus replied to them, “Do you now believe? [32] Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. [33] These things I have spoken to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”