1 “These things I have told ᵖyou to keep you from falling away. 2 ᵖYou will from the synagogue be expelled. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering to God a holy service. 3 These things they will do because they know neither the Father nor me. 4 About these things, however, I have told ᵖyou, so that when that time comes and they do happen, you will bear in mind that I warned you.

“These things, moreover, to ᵖyou I did not say at the outset, because I was with you.5 The time has come, however, for me to return to the one who sent me, and yet none of you dares ask me where I’m going. 6 The truth is, because of these things that I’ve told ᵖyou grief and sorrow have filled your hearts. 7 Yet I tell ᵖyou the truth: It is to your advantage that I am leaving. If I don’t leave, you see, the Helper will not come to you. If I go, however, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning its guilt and concerning my vindication and concerning the certainty of judgment to come: 9 Concerning its guilt, because people refuse to put their faith in me; 10 concerning my vindication, because I am going back to the Father, and ᵖyou will no longer see me; 11 concerning the certainty of judgment to come, because doomed is the ruler of this world.

12 “There is so much more that I want to say to ᵖyou, but it would be too much for you now. 13 Yet when the one I’ve been talking about comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you in all the truth. He will not speak on his own authority, you see, but will speak only what he hears, and will make known to you the very things that are to come. 14 He will show you my glory by receiving and making known to ᵖyou what I myself want to tell you. 15 In my possession and care are all who belong to the Father. That is the reason why I said, ‘he will receive and make known to ᵖyou what I myself want to tell you.’

16 “In a little while ᵖyou will no longer see me; a little while again and you will see me.”

17 At this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by, ‘In a little while ᵖyou will no longer see me; a little while again and you will see me,’ and by, ‘because I am going back to the Father’?” 18 So they kept saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is talking about.”

19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him about these things, and he said to them, “Are ᵖyou asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will no longer see me; a little while again and you will see me’? 20 Amen, amen, I solemnly tell ᵖyou this: You will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. You will be filled with pain and sorrow, yet your sadness will turn into joy. 21 A woman, when she is in labor, experiences great pain, because her time has come. When the baby is born, however, she forgets her suffering because of the joy of a new child having come into the world. 22 So with ᵖyou. At the present time pain is what fills your hearts. Yet I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and your joy no one will be able to take away from you. 23 And at that time it is not me of whom ᵖyou will ask anything. Amen, amen, I solemnly tell ᵖyou this: My Father will grant ᵖyou whatever you ask of him in my name. 24 Up to this time ᵖyou have not asked for anything in my name; keep asking and you will receive, and you will be filled with the greatest of joy.

25 “These things I have spoken to ᵖyou in parables. A time is coming when I will speak to ᵖyou and tell you about the Father no longer in parables, but in plain language. 26 When that time comes, it is in my name that ᵖyou will present your requests. This doesn’t mean, though, that I will need to present them to the Father for ᵖyou. 27 The Father, you see, himself loves ᵖyou dearly, because you have loved and remained loyal to me, and still believe that it is God from whom I came. 28 I came from the presence of the Father and am here in the world; now I am about to leave the world and go back to the Father.”

29 “Then his disciples said, “Ah, now ˢyou are speaking in plain language; in parables you are no longer speaking. 30 Now we know that you perceive everything and can answer questions without even being asked. Because of this we believe that you came from God.”

31 Jesus replied, “So ᵖyou finally believe, do you? 32 Pay close attention: A time is coming, and is in fact already here, when ᵖyou will be scattered, each one to his own home. And as for me, you will leave me all alone. Yet I am not really alone, because the Father is himself with me.

33 “All this I have told ᵖyou so that in union with me you may have peace. In the world ᵖyou will experience great trial and difficulty, but take courage—I have prevailed victorious over the world.”