John 21

Jhn 21:1	After these things Jesus manifested Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He manifested {Himself} in this way.
Jhn 21:2	Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the {sons} of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together.
Jhn 21:3	Simon Peter *said to them, "I am going fishing." They *said to him, "We will also come with you." They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.
Jhn 21:4	But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus.
Jhn 21:5	So Jesus *said to them, "Children, you do not have any fish, do you?" They answered Him, "No."
Jhn 21:6	And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find {a catch.}" So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish.
Jhn 21:7	Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, "It is the Lord." So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped {for work),} and threw himself into the sea.
Jhn 21:8	But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net {full} of fish.
Jhn 21:9	So when they got out on the land, they *saw a charcoal fire {already} laid and fish placed on it, and bread.
Jhn 21:10	Jesus *said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have now caught."
Jhn 21:11	Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn.
Jhn 21:12	Jesus *said to them, "Come {and} have breakfast." None of the disciples ventured to question Him, "Who are You?" knowing that it was the Lord.
Jhn 21:13	Jesus *came and *took the bread and *gave {it} to them, and the fish likewise.
Jhn 21:14	This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead.
Jhn 21:15	So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, "Simon, {son} of John, do you love Me more than these?" He *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He *said to him, "Tend My lambs."
Jhn 21:16	He *said to him again a second time, "Simon, {son} of John, do you love Me?" He *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He *said to him, "Shepherd My sheep."
Jhn 21:17	He *said to him the third time, "Simon, {son} of John, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus *said to him, "Tend My sheep.
Jhn 21:18	"Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to {go.}"
Jhn 21:19	Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He *said to him, "Follow Me!"
Jhn 21:20	Peter, turning around, *saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following {them;} the one who also had leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?"
Jhn 21:21	So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, "Lord, and what about this man?"
Jhn 21:22	Jesus *said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what {is that} to you? You follow Me!"
Jhn 21:23	Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but {only,} "If I want him to remain until I come, what {is that} to you?"
Jhn 21:24	This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
Jhn 21:25	And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written.

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John 20

Jhn 20:1	Now on the first {day} of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw the stone {already} taken away from the tomb.
Jhn 20:2	So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him."
Jhn 20:3	So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb.
Jhn 20:4	The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first;
Jhn 20:5	and stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings lying {there;} but he did not go in.
Jhn 20:6	And so Simon Peter also *came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he *saw the linen wrappings lying {there,}
Jhn 20:7	and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself.
Jhn 20:8	So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed.
Jhn 20:9	For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
Jhn 20:10	So the disciples went away again to their own homes.
Jhn 20:11	But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb;
Jhn 20:12	and she *saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying.
Jhn 20:13	And they *said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She *said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him."
Jhn 20:14	When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing {there,} and did not know that it was Jesus.
Jhn 20:15	Jesus *said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she *said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away."
Jhn 20:16	Jesus *said to her, "Mary!" She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher).
Jhn 20:17	Jesus *said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.' "
Jhn 20:18	Mary Magdalene *came, announcing to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and {that} He had said these things to her.
Jhn 20:19	So when it was evening on that day, the first {day} of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and *said to them, "Peace {be} with you."
Jhn 20:20	And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord.
Jhn 20:21	So Jesus said to them again, "Peace {be} with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you."
Jhn 20:22	And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.
Jhn 20:23	"If you forgive the sins of any, {their sins} have been forgiven them; if you retain the {sins} of any, they have been retained."
Jhn 20:24	But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
Jhn 20:25	So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe."
Jhn 20:26	After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace {be} with you."
Jhn 20:27	Then He *said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing."
Jhn 20:28	Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"
Jhn 20:29	Jesus *said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed {are} they who did not see, and {yet} believed."
Jhn 20:30	Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
Jhn 20:31	but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.

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John 19

Jhn 19:1	Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him.
Jhn 19:2	And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him;
Jhn 19:3	and they {began} to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and to give Him slaps {in the face.}
Jhn 19:4	Pilate came out again and *said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him."
Jhn 19:5	Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. {Pilate} *said to them, "Behold, the Man!"
Jhn 19:6	So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate *said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him."
Jhn 19:7	The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out {to} {be} the Son of God."
Jhn 19:8	Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was {even} more afraid;
Jhn 19:9	and he entered into the Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
Jhn 19:10	So Pilate *said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?"
Jhn 19:11	Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has {the} greater sin."
Jhn 19:12	As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, "If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out {to be} a king opposes Caesar."
Jhn 19:13	Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha.
Jhn 19:14	Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
Jhn 19:15	So they cried out, "Away with {Him,} away with {Him,} crucify Him!" Pilate *said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar."
Jhn 19:16	So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified.
Jhn 19:17	They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha.
Jhn 19:18	There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between.
Jhn 19:19	Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS."
Jhn 19:20	Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin {and} in Greek.
Jhn 19:21	So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews'; but that He said, 'I am King of the Jews.' "
Jhn 19:22	Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written."
Jhn 19:23	Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and {also} the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece.
Jhn 19:24	So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, {to decide} whose it shall be"; {this was} to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY DIVIDED MY OUTER GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS."
Jhn 19:25	Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the {wife} of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Jhn 19:26	When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"
Jhn 19:27	Then He *said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own {household.}
Jhn 19:28	After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, "I am thirsty."
Jhn 19:29	A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon {a branch} {of} hyssop and brought it up to His mouth.
Jhn 19:30	Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.
Jhn 19:31	Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and {that} they might be taken away.
Jhn 19:32	So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him;
Jhn 19:33	but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
Jhn 19:34	But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out.
Jhn 19:35	And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.
Jhn 19:36	For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, "NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN."
Jhn 19:37	And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED."
Jhn 19:38	After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret {one} for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body.
Jhn 19:39	Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds {weight.}
Jhn 19:40	So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews.
Jhn 19:41	Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid.
Jhn 19:42	Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there.

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John 18

Jhn 18:1	When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden, in which He entered with His disciples.
Jhn 18:2	Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often met there with His disciples.
Jhn 18:3	Judas then, having received the {Roman} cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and torches and weapons.
Jhn 18:4	So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, "Whom do you seek?"
Jhn 18:5	They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He *said to them, "I am {He.}" And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them.
Jhn 18:6	So when He said to them, "I am {He,}" they drew back and fell to the ground.
Jhn 18:7	Therefore He again asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene."
Jhn 18:8	Jesus answered, "I told you that I am {He;} so if you seek Me, let these go their way,"
Jhn 18:9	to fulfill the word which He spoke, "Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one."
Jhn 18:10	Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus.
Jhn 18:11	So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?"
Jhn 18:12	So the {Roman} cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him,
Jhn 18:13	and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
Jhn 18:14	Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people.
Jhn 18:15	Simon Peter was following Jesus, and {so} {was} another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest,
Jhn 18:16	but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in.
Jhn 18:17	Then the slave-girl who kept the door *said to Peter, "You are not also {one} of this man's disciples, are you?" He *said, "I am not."
Jhn 18:18	Now the slaves and the officers were standing {there,} having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself.
Jhn 18:19	The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching.
Jhn 18:20	Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret.
Jhn 18:21	"Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said."
Jhn 18:22	When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?"
Jhn 18:23	Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?"
Jhn 18:24	So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest.
Jhn 18:25	Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. So they said to him, "You are not also {one} of His disciples, are you?" He denied {it,} and said, "I am not."
Jhn 18:26	One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, *said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?"
Jhn 18:27	Peter then denied {it} again, and immediately a rooster crowed.
Jhn 18:28	Then they *led Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
Jhn 18:29	Therefore Pilate went out to them and *said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?"
Jhn 18:30	They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you."
Jhn 18:31	So Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law." The Jews said to him, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death,"
Jhn 18:32	to fulfill the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die.
Jhn 18:33	Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?"
Jhn 18:34	Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?"
Jhn 18:35	Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?"
Jhn 18:36	Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm."
Jhn 18:37	Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say {correctly} that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice."
Jhn 18:38	Pilate *said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, "I find no guilt in Him.
Jhn 18:39	"But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?"
Jhn 18:40	So they cried out again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber.

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John 17

Jhn 17:1	Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You,
Jhn 17:2	even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life.
Jhn 17:3	"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
Jhn 17:4	"I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do.
Jhn 17:5	"Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Jhn 17:6	"I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Jhn 17:7	"Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You;
Jhn 17:8	for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received {them} and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
Jhn 17:9	"I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours;
Jhn 17:10	and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them.
Jhn 17:11	"I am no longer in the world; and {yet} they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, {the name} which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We {are.}
Jhn 17:12	"While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Jhn 17:13	"But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.
Jhn 17:14	"I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Jhn 17:15	"I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil {one.}
Jhn 17:16	"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
Jhn 17:17	"Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
Jhn 17:18	"As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world.
Jhn 17:19	"For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.
Jhn 17:20	"I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word;
Jhn 17:21	that they may all be one; even as You, Father, {are} in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
Jhn 17:22	"The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;
Jhn 17:23	I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.
Jhn 17:24	"Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Jhn 17:25	"O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me;
Jhn 17:26	and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them."

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John 16

Jhn 16:1	"These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling.
Jhn 16:2	"They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.
Jhn 16:3	"These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me.
Jhn 16:4	"But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
Jhn 16:5	"But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'
Jhn 16:6	"But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
Jhn 16:7	"But 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.
Jhn 16:8	"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;
Jhn 16:9	concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me;
Jhn 16:10	and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;
Jhn 16:11	and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
Jhn 16:12	"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear {them} now.
Jhn 16:13	"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
Jhn 16:14	"He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose {it} to you.
Jhn 16:15	"All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose {it} to you.
Jhn 16:16	"A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me."
Jhn 16:17	{Some} of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling 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'?"
Jhn 16:18	So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."
Jhn 16:19	Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, 'A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me'?
Jhn 16:20	"Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy.
Jhn 16:21	"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.
Jhn 16:22	"Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one {will} take your joy away from you.
Jhn 16:23	"In 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.
Jhn 16:24	"Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full.
Jhn 16:25	"These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.
Jhn 16:26	"In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;
Jhn 16:27	for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.
Jhn 16:28	"I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father."
Jhn 16:29	His disciples *said, "Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech.
Jhn 16:30	"Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God."
Jhn 16:31	Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?
Jhn 16:32	"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.
Jhn 16:33	"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."

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John 15

Jhn 15:1	"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.
Jhn 15:2	"Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every {branch} that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.
Jhn 15:3	"You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
Jhn 15:4	"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither {can} you unless you abide in Me.
Jhn 15:5	"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.
Jhn 15:6	"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.
Jhn 15:7	"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
Jhn 15:8	"My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and {so} prove to be My disciples.
Jhn 15:9	"Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.
Jhn 15:10	"If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.
Jhn 15:11	"These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and {that} your joy may be made full.
Jhn 15:12	"This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
Jhn 15:13	"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends.
Jhn 15:14	"You are My friends if you do what I command you.
Jhn 15:15	"No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.
Jhn 15:16	"You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and {that} your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.
Jhn 15:17	"This I command you, that you love one another.
Jhn 15:18	"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before {it hated} you.
Jhn 15:19	"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.
Jhn 15:20	"Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
Jhn 15:21	"But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me.
Jhn 15:22	"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Jhn 15:23	"He who hates Me hates My Father also.
Jhn 15:24	"If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.
Jhn 15:25	"But {they have done this} to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, 'THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'
Jhn 15:26	"When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, {that is} the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,
Jhn 15:27	and you {will} testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

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John 14

Jhn 14:1	"Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.
Jhn 14:2	"In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.
Jhn 14:3	"If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, {there} you may be also.
Jhn 14:4	"And you know the way where I am going."
Jhn 14:5	Thomas *said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?"
Jhn 14:6	Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.
Jhn 14:7	"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him."
Jhn 14:8	Philip *said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."
Jhn 14:9	Jesus *said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and {yet} you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how {can} you say, 'Show us the Father'?
Jhn 14:10	"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works.
Jhn 14:11	"Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.
Jhn 14:12	"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater {works} than these he will do; because I go to the Father.
Jhn 14:13	"Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Jhn 14:14	"If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do {it.}
Jhn 14:15	"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
Jhn 14:16	"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
Jhn 14:17	{that is} the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, {but} you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.
Jhn 14:18	"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Jhn 14:19	"After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you {will} see Me; because I live, you will live also.
Jhn 14:20	"In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.
Jhn 14:21	"He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him."
Jhn 14:22	Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, "Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?"
Jhn 14:23	Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
Jhn 14:24	"He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.
Jhn 14:25	"These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you.
Jhn 14:26	"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
Jhn 14:27	"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.
Jhn 14:28	"You heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
Jhn 14:29	"Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.
Jhn 14:30	"I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me;
Jhn 14:31	but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.

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