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Learn about the sources and coverage →“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away when hardship comes.
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
Ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἵνα μὴ σκανδαλισθῆτε.
Tauta lelalēka hymin, hina mē skandalisthēte.
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when people who kill you will actually think they are offering service to God.
They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
Ἀποσυναγώγους ποιήσουσιν ὑμᾶς∙ ἀλλ’ ἔρχεται ὥρα, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ ἀποκτείνας ὑμᾶς δόξῃ λατρείαν προσφέρειν τῷ θεῷ.
Aposynagōgous poiēsousin hymas; all’ erchetai hōra, hina pas ho apokteinas hymas doxē latreian prospherein tō theō.
They will do these things because they have never truly known the Father or Me.
And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
Καὶ ταῦτα ποιήσουσιν, ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὸν πατέρα οὐδὲ ἐμέ.
Kai tauta poiēsousin, hoti ouk egnōsan ton patera oude eme.
But I have told you ahead of time so that when these things happen, you will remember that I warned you. I did not need to tell you these things at the beginning because I was still physically with you.
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἵνα ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἡ ὥρα, μνημονεύητε αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν. Ταῦτα δὲ ὑμῖν ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὐκ εἶπον, ὅτι μεθ’ ὑμῶν ἤμην.
Alla tauta lelalēka hymin, hina hotan elthē hē hōra, mnēmoneuēte autōn, hoti egō eipon hymin. Tauta de hymin ex archēs ouk eipon, hoti meth’ hymōn ēmēn.
Now I am going back to the One who sent Me, yet none of you is asking Me, ‘Where are You going?’
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Νῦν δὲ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πέμψαντά με, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐρωτᾷ με, Ποῦ ὑπάγεις;
Nyn de hypagō pros ton pempsanta me, kai oudeis ex hymōn erōta me, Pou hypageis?
Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because of what I have told you.
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
Ἀλλ’ ὅτι ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἡ λύπη πεπλήρωκεν ὑμῶν τὴν καρδίαν.
All’ hoti tauta lelalēka hymin, hē lypē peplērōken hymōn tēn kardian.
But I am telling you the truth: it is better for you that I go away. If I do not go, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
Ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγω ὑμῖν∙ συμφέρει ὑμῖν ἵνα ἐγὼ ἀπέλθω∙ ἐὰν γὰρ ἐγὼ μὴ ἀπέλθω, ὁ παράκλητος οὐκ ἐλεύσεται πρὸς ὑμᾶς∙ ἐὰν δὲ πορευθῶ, πέμψω αὐτὸν πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
All’ egō tēn alētheian legō hymin; sympherei hymin hina egō apelthō; ean gar egō mē apelthō, ho paraklētos ouk eleusetai pros hymas; ean de poreuthō, pempsō auton pros hymas.
When He comes, He will expose the truth about the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment:
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Καὶ ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖνος ἐλέγξει τὸν κόσμον περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ περὶ δικαιοσύνης καὶ περὶ κρίσεως∙
Kai elthōn ekeinos elenxei ton kosmon peri hamartias kai peri dikaiosynēs kai peri kriseōs;
concerning sin, because they refuse to believe in Me;
Of sin, because they believe not on me;
περὶ ἁμαρτίας μέν, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύουσιν εἰς ἐμέ∙
peri hamartias men, hoti ou pisteuousin eis eme;
concerning righteousness, because I am going to My Father and you will no longer see Me;
Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
περὶ δικαιοσύνης δέ, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου ὑπάγω, καὶ οὐκέτι θεωρεῖτέ με∙
peri dikaiosynēs de, hoti pros ton patera mou hypagō, kai ouketi theōreite me;
and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has already been judged.
Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
περὶ δὲ κρίσεως, ὅτι ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου κέκριται.
peri de kriseōs, hoti ho archōn tou kosmou toutou kekritai.
I still have many things to tell you, but you are not able to bear them yet.
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Ἔτι πολλὰ ἔχω λέγειν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ’ οὐ δύνασθε βαστάζειν ἄρτι.
Eti polla echō legein hymin, all’ ou dynasthe bastazein arti.
But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all truth. He will not speak independently from the Father and the Son. He will speak what He hears and will tell you what is still to come.
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὁδηγήσει ὑμᾶς εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν∙ οὐ γὰρ λαλήσει ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὅσα ἂν ἀκούσῃ λαλήσει, καὶ τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν.
Hotan de elthē ekeinos, to pneuma tēs alētheias, hodēgēsei hymas eis pasan tēn alētheian; ou gar lalēsei aph’ heautou, all’ hosa an akousē lalēsei, kai ta erchomena anangelei hymin.
He will glorify Me because He will take what belongs to Me and make it known to you.
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Ἐκεῖνος ἐμὲ δοξάσει, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ λήψεται, καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν.
Ekeinos eme doxasei, hoti ek tou emou lēpsetai, kai anangelei hymin.
Everything the Father has belongs to Me. That is why I said the Spirit will take what belongs to Me and make it known to you.
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Πάντα ὅσα ἔχει ὁ πατὴρ ἐμά ἐστιν∙ διὰ τοῦτο εἶπον, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ λαμβάνει, καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν.
Panta hosa echei ho patēr ema estin; dia touto eipon, hoti ek tou emou lambanei, kai anangelei hymin.
In a little while you will not see Me, and then after another little while you will see Me again, because I am going to the Father.”
A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
Μικρὸν καὶ οὐ θεωρεῖτέ με, καὶ πάλιν μικρὸν καὶ ὄψεσθέ με, ὅτι ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα.
Mikron kai ou theōreite me, kai palin mikron kai opsesthe me, hoti hypagō pros ton patera.
Some of His disciples began asking one another, “What does He mean when He says, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after another little while you will see Me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?”
Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
Εἶπον οὖν ἐκ τῶν μαθητῶν αὐτοῦ πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Τί ἐστιν τοῦτο ὃ λέγει ἡμῖν, Μικρὸν καὶ οὐ θεωρεῖτέ με, καὶ πάλιν μικρὸν καὶ ὄψεσθέ με; Καὶ ὅτι Ἐγὼ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα;
Eipon oun ek tōn mathētōn autou pros allēlous, Ti estin touto ho legei hēmin, Mikron kai ou theōreite me, kai palin mikron kai opsesthe me? Kai hoti Egō hypagō pros ton patera?
They kept asking, “What does He mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what He is saying.”
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
Ἔλεγον οὖν, Τοῦτο τί ἐστιν ὃ λέγει, τὸ μικρόν; Οὐκ οἴδαμεν τί λαλεῖ.
Elegon oun, Touto ti estin ho legei, to mikron? Ouk oidamen ti lalei.
Jesus knew they wanted to question Him, so He said, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after another little while you will see Me’?
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
Ἔγνω οὖν ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι ἤθελον αὐτὸν ἐρωτᾷν, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, Περὶ τούτου ζητεῖτε μετ’ ἀλλήλων, ὅτι εἶπον, Μικρὸν καὶ οὐ θεωρεῖτέ με, καὶ πάλιν μικρὸν καὶ ὄψεσθέ με;
Egnō oun ho Iēsous hoti ēthelon auton erōtan, kai eipen autois, Peri toutou zēteite met’ allēlōn, hoti eipon, Mikron kai ou theōreite me, kai palin mikron kai opsesthe me?
Truly, truly, I tell you: you will weep and mourn while the world celebrates. You will be filled with sorrow, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι κλαύσετε καὶ θρηνήσετε ὑμεῖς, ὁ δὲ κόσμος χαρήσεται∙ ὑμεῖς δὲ λυπηθήσεσθε, ἀλλ’ ἡ λύπη ὑμῶν εἰς χαρὰν γενήσεται.
Amēn amēn legō hymin hoti klausete kai thrēnēsete hymeis, ho de kosmos charēsetai; hymeis de lypēthēsesthe, all’ hē lypē hymōn eis charan genēsetai.
When a woman is giving birth, she suffers because her time has come. But once the child is born, her pain is overwhelmed by joy that a new life has entered the world.
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Ἡ γυνὴ ὅταν τίκτῃ λύπην ἔχει, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα αὐτῆς∙ ὅταν δὲ γεννήσῃ τὸ παιδίον, οὐκέτι μνημονεύει τῆς θλίψεως, διὰ τὴν χαρὰν ὅτι ἐγεννήθη ἄνθρωπος εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
Hē gynē hotan tiktē lypēn echei, hoti ēlthen hē hōra autēs; hotan de gennēsē to paidion, ouketi mnēmoneuei tēs thlipseōs, dia tēn charan hoti egennēthē anthrōpos eis ton kosmon.
In the same way, you are grieving now. But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice. No one will be able to take that joy away from you.
And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
Καὶ ὑμεῖς οὖν λύπην μὲν νῦν ἔχετε∙ πάλιν δὲ ὄψομαι ὑμᾶς, καὶ χαρήσεται ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία, καὶ τὴν χαρὰν ὑμῶν οὐδεὶς αἴρει ἀφ’ ὑμῶν.
Kai hymeis oun lypēn men nyn echete; palin de opsomai hymas, kai charēsetai hymōn hē kardia, kai tēn charan hymōn oudeis airei aph’ hymōn.
When that day comes, you will no longer need to question Me about these things. Truly, truly, I tell you: whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἐρωτήσετε οὐδέν. Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, δώσει ὑμῖν.
Kai en ekeinē tē hēmera eme ouk erōtēsete ouden. Amēn amēn legō hymin hoti hosa an aitēsēte ton patera en tō onomati mou, dōsei hymin.
Until now, you have not asked the Father in My name in this way. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Ἕως ἄρτι οὐκ ᾐτήσατε οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου∙ αἰτεῖτε, καὶ λήψεσθε, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.
Heōs arti ouk ētēsate ouden en tō onomati mou; aiteite, kai lēpsesthe, hina hē chara hymōn ē peplērōmenē.
I have been explaining these things to you through figures of speech. But a time is coming when I will no longer speak this way. I will tell you plainly about the Father.
These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
Ταῦτα ἐν παροιμίαις λελάληκα ὑμῖν∙ ἀλλ’ ἔρχεται ὥρα ὅτε οὐκέτι ἐν παροιμίαις λαλήσω ὑμῖν, ἀλλὰ παρρησίᾳ περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀναγγελῶ ὑμῖν.
Tauta en paroimiais lelalēka hymin; all’ erchetai hōra hote ouketi en paroimiais lalēsō hymin, alla parrēsia peri tou patros anangelō hymin.
In that day, you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will need to persuade the Father to care about you,
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου αἰτήσεσθε∙ καὶ οὐ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω τὸν πατέρα περὶ ὑμῶν∙
En ekeinē tē hēmera en tō onomati mou aitēsesthe; kai ou legō hymin hoti egō erōtēsō ton patera peri hymōn;
because the Father Himself loves you. He loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ φιλεῖ ὑμᾶς, ὅτι ὑμεῖς ἐμὲ πεφιλήκατε, καὶ πεπιστεύκατε ὅτι ἐγὼ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθον.
autos gar ho patēr philei hymas, hoti hymeis eme pephilēkate, kai pepisteukate hoti egō para tou theou exēlthon.
I came from the Father and entered the world. Now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.”
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Ἐξῆλθον παρὰ τοῦ πατρός, καὶ ἐλήλυθα εἰς τὸν κόσμον∙ πάλιν ἀφίημι τὸν κόσμον, καὶ πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα.
Exēlthon para tou patros, kai elēlytha eis ton kosmon; palin aphiēmi ton kosmon, kai poreuomai pros ton patera.
His disciples said, “Now You are speaking plainly and not using figures of speech!
His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ, Ἴδε, νῦν παρρησίᾳ λαλεῖς, καὶ παροιμίαν οὐδεμίαν λέγεις.
Legousin autō hoi mathētai autou, Ide, nyn parrēsia laleis, kai paroimian oudemian legeis.
Now we know that You know everything, even before anyone asks You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
Νῦν οἴδαμεν ὅτι οἶδας πάντα, καὶ οὐ χρείαν ἔχεις ἵνα τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ∙ ἐν τούτῳ πιστεύομεν ὅτι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθες.
Nyn oidamen hoti oidas panta, kai ou chreian echeis hina tis se erōta; en toutō pisteuomen hoti apo theou exēlthes.
Jesus answered, “Do you believe now?
Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἄρτι πιστεύετε;
Apekrithē autois ho Iēsous, Arti pisteuete?
Look, the time is coming—and has already arrived—when you will all be scattered, each one going his own way, and you will leave Me alone. Yet I am not truly alone because the Father is with Me.
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
Ἰδού, ἔρχεται ὥρα καὶ νῦν ἐλήλυθεν, ἵνα σκορπισθῆτε ἕκαστος εἰς τὰ ἴδια, καὶ ἐμὲ μόνον ἀφῆτε∙ καὶ οὐκ εἰμὶ μόνος, ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ μετ’ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν.
Idou, erchetai hōra kai nyn elēlythen, hina skorpisthēte hekastos eis ta idia, kai eme monon aphēte; kai ouk eimi monos, hoti ho patēr met’ emou estin.
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In this world you will have suffering and trouble. But take courage: I have overcome the world.”
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἵνα ἐν ἐμοὶ εἰρήνην ἔχητε. Ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ θλίψιν ἔχετε∙ ἀλλὰ θαρσεῖτε, ἐγὼ νενίκηκα τὸν κόσμον.
Tauta lelalēka hymin, hina en emoi eirēnēn echēte. En tō kosmō thlipsin echete; alla tharseite, egō nenikēka ton kosmon.