Joh 16 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling .

John 16

Jesus’ Warning

1 ^a“These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from ^bstumbling. 2 ^{▼▼ Or They will have you excommunicated}“They will ^dmake you outcasts from the synagogue, but ^ean hour is coming for everyone ^fwho kills you to think that he is offering service to God. 3 “These things they will do ^gbecause they have not known the Father or Me. 4 “But these things I have spoken to you, ^hso that when their hour comes, you ^{▼▼ Or will remember them, that I told you}may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you ^jat the beginning, because I was with you.

The Holy Spirit Promised

5 “But now ^kI am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘ ^lWhere are You going?’ 6 “But because I have said these things to you, ^msorrow has filled your heart. 7 “But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the ^{▼▼ Gr Paracletos, one called alongside to help; or Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor
,} ^oHelper will not come to you; but if I go, ^pI will send Him to you. 8 “And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; 9 concerning sin, ^qbecause they do not believe in Me; 10 and concerning ^rrighteousness, because ^sI go to the Father and you no longer see Me; 11 ^tand concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 “But when He, ^uthe Spirit of truth, comes, He will ^vguide 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. 14 “He will ^wglorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. 15 ^x“All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.

Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

16 ^y“A little while, and ^zyou will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and ^aayou will see Me.” 17 Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘ ^abA little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because ^acI go to the Father’?” 18 So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.” 19 ^adJesus 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’? 20 “Truly, truly, I say to you, that ^aeyou will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^afyour grief will be turned into joy. 21 ^ag“Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^{▼▼ Lit grief}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 ^{▼▼ Lit human being}child has been born into the world. 22 “Therefore ^ajyou too have grief now; but ^akI will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

23 ^al“In that day ^amyou will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, ^anif you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. 24 ^ao“Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^apjoy may be made full.

25 “These things I have spoken to you in ^{▼▼ Lit proverbs; or figures of speech
,} ^arfigurative language; ^asan hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in ^{▼▼ Lit proverbs; or figures of speech}figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. 26 ^au“In that day ^avyou will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; 27 for ^awthe Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^axhave believed that ^ayI came forth from the Father. 28 ^az“I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and ^bagoing to the Father.”

29 His disciples said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^{▼▼ Lit saying a proverb}using ^bca figure of speech. 30 “Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we ^bdbelieve that You ^became from God.” 31 Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32 “Behold, ^bfan hour is coming, and has already come, for ^bgyou to be scattered, each to ^bhhis own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ^biI am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 33 “These things I have spoken to you, so that ^bjin Me you may have peace. ^bkIn the world you have tribulation, but ^bltake courage; ^bmI have overcome the world.”