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8 shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, and be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye 10 in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide. in my love; even as I have kept my Father's command11 ments, and abide in his love. These things have I

spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that 12 your joy might be full. This is my commandment, that ye 13 love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath

no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father, I have made 16 known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. 17 These things I command you, that ye love one anoth18 er. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me 19 before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world

would love his own; but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, there20 fore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you; The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if 21 they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, 22 because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come

and spoken unto them, they had not had sin; but now they 23 have no cloak for their sin. He that hateth me, hateth my 24 Father also. If I had not done among them the works which

none other man did, they had not had sin; but now have they 25 both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in 26 their law; "They hated me without a cause.

But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, (even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth 27 from the Father,) he shall testify of me. And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the begin16 ning. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye 2 should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues; yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you,

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3 will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 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 5 was with you. But now I go my way to him that sent me, 6 and none of you asketh me; Whither goest thou? But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled 7 your heart. 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 8 send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove 9 the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Of 10 sin, because they believe not on me; of righteousness, be11 cause I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judg12 ment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them 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, 14 and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine. Therefore said I, 16 that he taketh of mine, and shall shew it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me ; and again, a little while, and 17 ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 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; Be18 cause I go to the Father? They said therefore; What is this that he saith, a little while? We cannot tell what he 19 saith. Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them; Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said; A little while, and ye shall not see me; and again, a 20 little while, and ye shall see me? 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 2 turned into joy. 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 22 joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart 23 shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you; and in

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that day ye shall ask me nothing.__ Verily, verily, I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will 24 give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name; ask 25 and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. These

things have I spoken unto you in proverbs; the time cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs; but I shall 26 shew you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Fa27 ther for you; for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. 28 I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world; 29 again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. His

disciples said unto him; Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and 30 speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest

all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee; by 31 this we believe that thou camest forth from God. Jesus 32 answered them; Ye do now believe; 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 33 alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

17 These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said; Father, the hour is come; glorify thy 2 Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee; as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as 3 many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ 4 whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth; 5 I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do ; and now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. 6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were and thou gavest them 7 me; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee; 8 for I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I

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came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst 9 send me. I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for 10 them which thou hast given me, for they are thine; and all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. 11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thine own name, which thou hast given me; that they may 12 be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name; those that thou gavest ine I have kept, and none of them is lost but the son of perdition, that 13 the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have 14 my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word;

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and the world hath hated them, because they are not 15 of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not, that thou shouldest take them out of the world, 16 but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. 17 are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 18 tify them through thy truth; thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them 19 into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall 21 believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent 22 me. And the glory which thou gavest me, I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one; 23 (I in them, and thou in me ;) that they may be made perfect

in one, and that the world inay know that thou hast sent me, 24 and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me ; for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent 26 me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith thou hast loved me, may be in them, and I in them.

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Simon Peter said unto him; Lord, whither goest

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fended because of me this night; for it is written; "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scat28 tered." But after that I am

fended because of me this night; for it is written; "I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall 32 be scattered abroad." But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him; Though all men shall be offended because of 30 thee, yet will I never be 34 offended. Jesus said unto him; Verily I say unto thee, that this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny 35 me thrice. Peter said unto him; Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also

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risen, I will go before you 29 into Galilee. But Peter said unto him; Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. And Jesus saith unto him; Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently; If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all.

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And when they had sung 26 a hymn, they went out into the Mount of Olives.

Then cometh Jesus with 32 them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples; Sit ye here,

And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

And they came to a place, which was named Gethsemane; and he saith to his disciples; Sit ye

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