John 13:18–16:15

18 I am not speaking of all of you; I know whom I have ychosen. But the Scripture will be zfulfilled,1 a‘He who ate my bread has lifted his heel against me.’ 19 I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he. 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, bwhoever receives the one I send creceives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”

21 dAfter saying these things, Jesus was etroubled in his spirit, and testified, “Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will fbetray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he spoke. 23 One of his disciples, gwhom Jesus loved, was reclining at table hat Jesus’ side,2 24 so Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus3 of whom he was speaking. 25 iSo that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said to him, “Lord, who is it?” 26 Jesus answered, “It is he to whom I will give this morsel of bread when I have dipped it.” So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. 27 Then after he had taken the morsel, jSatan entered into him. Jesus said to him, k“What you are going to do, do quickly.” 28 Now no one at the table knew why he said this to him. 29 Some thought that, lbecause Judas had the moneybag, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor. 30 So, after receiving the morsel of bread, he immediately went out. And it was night.

31 When he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man mglorified, and nGod is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and glorify him at once. 33 Little children, oyet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and pjust as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’ 34 qA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have rlove for one another.”

36 sSimon Peter said to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered him, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but tyou will follow afterward.” 37 Peter said to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.” 38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down your life for me? Truly, truly, I say to you, the urooster will not crow till you have denied me three times.

1 v“Let not your hearts be troubled. wBelieve in God;4 xbelieve also in me. 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?5 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, yI will come again and will take you to myself, that zwhere I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”6 5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, a“I am the way, and the truth, and the blife. cNo one comes to the Father dexcept through me. 7 If you had known me, you would have eknown my Father also.7 fFrom now on you do know him and have gseen him.”

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, hshow us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? iWhoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that jI am in the Father and the Father is in me? kThe words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, lor else believe on account of the works themselves.

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and mgreater works than these will he do, because nI am going to the Father. 13 oWhatever you ask in my name, this I will do, pthat the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 If you ask me8 anything in my name, I will do it.

15 q“If you rlove me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will sgive you another tHelper,9 to be with you forever, 17 even the uSpirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be10 in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19 vYet a little while and wthe world will see me no more, but you will see me. xBecause I live, you also will live. 20 In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and yyou in me, and zI in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And ahe who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will bkeep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our chome with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you dwhile I am still with you. 26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, ehe will teach you all things and bring to your fremembrance all that I have said to you. 27 gPeace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. hLet not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28 You heard me say to you, i‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is jgreater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for kthe ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 31 but I do as the Father has lcommanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. mRise, let us go from here.

1 n“I am the true ovine, pand my Father is the vinedresser. 2 qEvery branch in me rthat does not sbear fruit the takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3 Already uyou are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 vAbide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, wunless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me, he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and xthe branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words yabide in you, zask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 aBy this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so bprove to be my disciples. 9 cAs dthe Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. 10 eIf you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s fcommandments and abide in his love. 11 These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and gthat your joy may be full.

12 h“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. 13 iGreater love has no one than this, that someone jlay down his life for his friends. 14 kYou are my friends if you do what I command you. 15 No longer do I call you servants,11 for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for lall that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. 16 You did not choose me, but mI chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. 17 These things I command you, so that you will love one another.

18 “If the world nhates you, know that it has ohated me before it hated you. 19 If you were pof the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are qnot of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: r‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they spersecuted me, tthey will also persecute you. If they ukept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But vall these things they will do to you won account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. 22 xIf I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin,12 but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 yWhoever hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. 25 But the word that is written in their Law must be zfulfilled: a‘They hated me without a cause.’

26 “But when the bHelper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the cSpirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will dbear witness about me. 27 And you also will ebear witness, fbecause you have been with me from the beginning.

1 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. 2 They will gput you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you hwill think he is offering service to God. 3 And ithey will do these things because they have not jknown the Father, nor me. 4 But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may kremember that I told them to you.

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now lI am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, m‘Where are you going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, nsorrow has filled your heart. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for oif I do not go away, the pHelper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I qgo to the Father, and ryou will see me no longer; 11 concerning sjudgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the tSpirit of truth comes, uhe 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 vAll that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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ch. 21:5; [Isa. 15:2; Jer. 9:26; 48:37]