John 16 Background Information with Maps and Images (Picture Study Bible - John) Free Bible Online

1 - "I have said these things to you so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.

2 - They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time comes that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.

3 - They will do these thingsbecause they have not known the Father, nor me.

4 - But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you these things from 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 told you these things, sorrow has filled your heart.

7 - Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

8 - When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

9 - about sin, because they don't believe in me;

10 - about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won't see me any more;

11 - about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.

12 - "I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.

13 - However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.

14 - He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you.

15 - All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takesof mine, and will declare it to you.

16 - A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me."

17 - Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is this that he says to us,'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;' and,'Because I go to the Father'?"

18 - They said therefore, "What is this that he says,'A little while'? We don't know what he is saying."

19 - Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them,"Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?'

20 - Most certainly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

21 - A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.

22 - Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.