John 14-17 - Prayer Tents

John 14

Jesus, the Way to the Father

14"Don't let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.G5015G3361G5216G2588G5015G4100G1519G2316G4100G2532G1519G16912There is more than enough room in my Father's home

. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you—G1722G3450G3962G3614G1526G4183G3438G1490G302G2036G5213G4198G2090G5117G52133When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.G2532G1437G4198G2532G2090G5117G5213G2064G3825G2532G3880G5209G4314G1683G2443G3699G1473G1510G5210G5600G25324And you know the way to where I am going."G2532G3699G1473G5217G1492G2532G3598G14925"No, we don't know, Lord," Thomas said. "We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?"G2381G3004G846G2962G1492G3756G4226G5217G2532G4459G1410G1492G35986Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.G2424G3004G846G1473G1510G3598G2532G225G2532G2222G3762G2064G4314G3962G1508G1223G17007If you had really known me, you would know who my Father is

. From now on, you do know him and have seen him!"G1487G1097G3165G302G1097G3450G3962G2532G2532G575G737G1097G846G2532G3708G8468Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied."G5376G3004G846G2962G1166G2254G3962G2532G714G22549Jesus replied, "Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and yet you still don't know who I am? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father! So why are you asking me to show him to you?G2424G3004G846G1510G5118G5550G3326G5216G2532G1097G3756G1097G3165G5376G3708G1691G3708G3962G2532G4459G3004G4771G1166G2254G396210Don't you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak are not my own, but my Father who lives in me does his work through me.G4100G3756G3754G1473G2076G1722G3962G2532G3962G1722G1698G4487G3739G1473G2980G5213G2980G3756G575G1683G1161G3962G3306G1722G1698G846G4160G204111Just believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or at least believe because of the work you have seen me do.G4100G3427G3754G1473G1722G3962G2532G3962G1722G1698G1490G4100G3427G1223G846G2041G84612"I tell you the truth, anyone who believes in me will do the same works I have done, and even greater works, because I am going to be with the Father.G281G281G3004G5213G4100G1519G1691G2041G3739G1473G4160G4160G2548G2532G3187G5130G4160G3754G1473G4198G4314G3450G396213You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.G3739G2532G3748G302G154G1722G3450G3686G5124G4160G2443G3962G1392G1722G520714Yes, ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it!G1437G154G5100G1722G3450G3686G1473G4160

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15"If you love me, obey

my commandments.G1437G25G3165G5083G1699G178516And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate

, who will never leave you.G2532G1473G2065G3962G2532G1325G5213G243G3875G2443G3306G3326G5216G1519G16517He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot receive him, because it isn't looking for him and doesn't recognize him. But you know him, because he lives with you now and later will be in you

.G4151G225G3739G2889G3756G1410G2983G3754G2334G846G3756G3761G1097G846G1161G5210G1097G846G3754G3306G3844G5213G2532G2071G1722G521318No, I will not abandon you as orphans—I will come to you.G863G3756G863G5209G3737G2064G4314G520919Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live.G2089G3397G2532G2889G2334G3165G3765G1161G5210G2334G3165G3754G1473G2198G5210G2198G253220When I am raised to life again, you will know that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you.G1722G1565G2250G5210G1097G3754G1473G1722G3450G3962G2532G5210G1722G1698G2504G1722G521321Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. And because they love me, my Father will love them. And I will love them and reveal myself to each of them."G2192G3450G1785G2532G5083G846G1565G2076G25G3165G1161G25G3165G25G5259G3450G3962G2532G1473G25G846G2532G1718G1683G84622Judas (not Judas Iscariot, but the other disciple with that name) said to him, "Lord, why are you going to reveal yourself only to us and not to the world at large?"G2455G3004G846G3756G2469G2962G5101G1096G3754G3195G1718G4572G2254G2532G3780G288923Jesus replied, "All who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with each of them.G2424G611G2532G2036G846G1437G5100G25G3165G5083G3450G3056G2532G3450G3962G25G846G2532G2064G4314G846G2532G4160G3438G3844G84624Anyone who doesn't love me will not obey me. And remember, my words are not my own. What I am telling you is from the Father who sent me.G25G3165G3361G5083G3756G3450G3056G2532G3056G3739G191G2076G3756G1699G235G3962G3588G3992G316525I am telling you these things now while I am still with you.G5023G2980G5213G3306G3844G521326But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.G1161G3875G40G4151G3739G3962G3992G1722G3450G3686G1565G1321G5209G3956G2532G5279G3956G5279G5209G5279G3739G2036G521327"I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid.G1515G863G5213G1699G1515G1325G5213G3756G2531G2889G1325G1325G1473G5213G5015G3361G5216G2588G5015G3366G116828Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am.G191G3754G1473G2036G5213G5217G2532G2064G4314G5209G1487G25G3165G302G5463G3754G2036G4198G4314G3962G3754G3450G3962G2076G3187G345029I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe.G2532G3568G2046G5213G4250G1096G2443G3752G1096G410030"I don't have much more time to talk to you, because the ruler of this world approaches. He has no power over me,G3765G2980G3765G2980G4183G3326G5216G1063G758G5127G2889G2064G2532G2192G3756G3762G1722G169831but I will do what the Father requires of me, so that the world will know that I love the Father. Come, let's be going.G235G2443G2889G1097G3754G25G3962G2532G2531G3962G1781G3427G1781G3779G4160G1453G71G1782

John 15

Jesus, the True Vine

15"I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.G1473G1510G228G288G2532G3450G3962G2076G10922He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.G3956G2814G1722G1698G846G5342G3361G2590G142G2532G3956G5342G2590G2508G846G2443G5342G4119G25903You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.G2235G5210G2075G2513G1223G3056G3739G2980G52134Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.G3306G1722G1698G2504G1722G5213G2531G2814G3756G1410G5342G2590G575G1438G3362G3306G1722G288G3761G3779G5210G3362G3306G1722G16985"Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.G1473G1510G288G5210G2814G3306G1722G1698G2504G1722G846G3778G5342G4183G2590G3754G5565G1700G1410G4160G3756G37626Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.G3362G5100G3306G3362G1722G1698G906G1854G5613G2814G2532G3583G2532G4863G846G2532G906G1519G4442G2532G25457But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!G1437G3306G1722G1698G2532G3450G4487G3306G1722G5213G154G3739G1437G2309G2532G1096G52138When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.G1722G5129G1392G3450G3962G1392G2443G5342G4183G2590G2532G1096G1699G31019"I have loved you even as the Father has loved me. Remain in my love.G2531G3962G25G3165G2504G25G2504G25G5209G3306G1722G1699G2610When you obey my commandments, you remain in my love, just as I obey my Father's commandments and remain in his love.G1437G5083G3450G1785G3306G1722G3450G26G2531G1473G5083G3450G3962G1785G2532G3306G1722G846G2611I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!G5023G2980G5213G2443G1699G5479G3306G1722G5213G2532G5216G5479G413712This is my commandment: Love each other in the same way I have loved you.G3778G2076G1699G1785G2443G25G240G2531G25G520913There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends.G3187G26G2192G3762G3187G5026G2443G5100G5087G846G5590G5228G846G538414You are my friends if you do what I command.G5210G2075G3450G5384G1437G4160G3745G1473G1781G521315I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn't confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me.G3765G3004G5209G3765G1401G3754G1401G1492G3756G5101G846G2962G4160G1161G2046G5209G5384G3754G3956G3739G191G3844G3450G3962G1107G521316You didn't choose me. I chose you. I appointed you to go and produce lasting fruit, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask for, using my name.G5210G1586G3756G1586G3165G235G1473G1586G5209G2532G5087G5209G2443G5210G5217G2532G5342G2590G2532G5216G2590G3306G2443G3739G302G3748G154G3962G1722G3450G3686G1325G521317This is my command: Love each other.G5023G1781G5213G2443G25G240

The World’s Hatred

18"If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.G1487G2889G3404G5209G1097G3754G3404G1691G4412G521619The world would love you as one of its own if you belonged to it, but you are no longer part of the world. I chose you to come out of the world, so it hates you.G1487G2258G1537G2889G2889G302G5368G2398G1161G3754G2075G3756G1537G2889G235G1473G1586G5209G1537G2889G5124G1223G2889G3404G520920Do you remember what I told you? 'A slave is not greater than the master.' Since they persecuted me, naturally they will persecute you. And if they had listened to me, they would listen to you.G3421G3056G3739G1473G2036G5213G1401G2076G3756G3187G846G2962G1487G1377G1691G1377G2532G1377G5209G1487G5083G3450G3056G5083G5212G253221They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the One who sent me.G235G3956G5023G4160G5213G1223G3450G3686G3450G3754G1492G3756G3992G316522They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.G1508G2064G1508G2064G2532G2980G846G2192G3756G2192G266G1161G3568G2192G3756G4392G4012G846G26623Anyone who hates me also hates my Father.G3404G1691G3404G3450G3962G253224If I hadn't done such miraculous signs among them that no one else could do, they would not be guilty. But as it is, they have seen everything I did, yet they still hate me and my Father.G1508G4160G1508G4160G1722G846G2041G3739G3762G243G4160G2192G3756G2192G266G1161G3568G3708G2532G3708G2532G3404G2532G1691G2532G3450G396225This fulfills what is written in their Scriptures

: 'They hated me without cause.'G235G2443G3056G4137G1125G1722G846G3551G3754G3404G3165G143226"But I will send you the Advocate

—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.G1161G3752G3875G2064G3739G1473G3992G5213G3844G3962G4151G225G3739G1607G3844G3962G1565G3140G4012G170027And you must also testify about me because you have been with me from the beginning of my ministry.G1161G5210G2532G3140G3754G2075G3326G1700G575G746

John 16

16"I have told you these things so that you won't abandon your faith.G5023G2980G5213G3363G4624G3363G46242For you will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing a holy service for God.G4160G5209G656G235G5610G2064G2443G3956G615G5209G1380G4374G2316G29993This is because they have never known the Father or me.G2532G5023G4160G5213G3754G1097G3756G1097G3962G3761G16914Yes, I'm telling you these things now, so that when they happen, you will remember my warning. I didn't tell you earlier because I was going to be with you for a while longer.G235G5023G2980G5213G2443G3752G5610G2064G3421G3754G1473G2036G5213G846G1161G5023G2036G3756G5213G1537G746G3754G2252G3326G5216

The Work of the Holy Spirit

5"But now I am going away to the One who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going.G1161G3568G5217G4314G3992G3165G2532G3762G1537G5216G2065G3165G4226G52176Instead, you grieve because of what I've told you.G235G3754G2980G5023G5213G3077G4137G5216G25887But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Advocate

won't come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you.G235G1473G3004G5213G225G4851G5213G2443G1473G565G1063G3362G565G3362G565G3875G2064G3756G2064G4314G5209G1161G1437G4198G3992G846G4314G52098And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness, and of the coming judgment.G2532G2064G1565G1651G2889G4012G266G2532G4012G1343G2532G4012G29209The world's sin is that it refuses to believe in me.G4012G266G3303G3754G4100G3756G1519G169110Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more.G4012G1161G1343G3754G5217G4314G3450G3962G2532G2334G3165G376511Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.G4012G1161G2920G3754G758G5127G2889G291912"There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can't bear it now.G2192G2089G4183G3004G5213G235G3756G1410G941G73713When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.G1161G3752G1565G4151G225G2064G3594G5209G1519G3956G225G1063G2980G3756G2980G575G1438G235G3745G302G191G2980G2532G312G5213G206414He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me.G1565G1392G1691G3754G2983G1537G1699G2532G312G521315All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, 'The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.'G3956G3745G3962G2192G2076G1699G5124G1223G2036G3754G2983G1537G1699G2532G312G5213

Sadness Will Be Turned to Joy

16"In a little while you won't see me anymore. But a little while after that, you will see me again."G3397G2532G2334G3756G2334G3165G2532G3825G3397G2532G3700G3165G3754G1473G5217G4314G396217Some of the disciples asked each other, "What does he mean when he says, 'In a little while you won't see me, but then you will see me,' and 'I am going to the Father'?G3767G2036G1537G846G3101G4314G240G5101G2076G5124G3739G3004G2254G3397G2532G2334G3756G2334G3165G2532G3825G3397G2532G3700G3165G2532G3754G1473G5217G4314G396218And what does he mean by 'a little while'? We don't understand."G3004G3767G5101G2076G5124G3739G3004G3397G3756G1492G1492G5101G298019Jesus realized they wanted to ask him about it, so he said, "Are you asking yourselves what I meant? I said in a little while you won't see me, but a little while after that you will see me again.G3767G2424G1097G3754G2309G2065G846G2532G2036G846G2212G3326G240G4012G5127G3754G2036G3397G2532G2334G3756G2334G3165G2532G3825G3397G2532G3700G316520I tell you the truth, you will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly turn to wonderful joy.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G5210G2799G2532G2354G1161G2889G5463G1161G5210G3076G235G5216G3077G1096G1519G547921It will be like a woman suffering the pains of labor. When her child is born, her anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into the world.G1135G3752G5088G2192G3077G3754G846G5610G2064G1161G3752G1080G3813G3421G3765G2347G1223G5479G3754G444G1080G1519G288922So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again; then you will rejoice, and no one can rob you of that joy.G2532G5210G3303G3568G3767G2192G3077G1161G3700G5209G3825G2532G5216G2588G5463G2532G5216G5479G3762G142G575G521623At that time you won't need to ask me for anything. I tell you the truth, you will ask the Father directly, and he will grant your request because you use my name.G2532G1722G1565G2250G3756G2065G1691G3762G281G281G3004G5213G3754G3745G302G154G3962G1722G3450G3686G1325G521324You haven't done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.G2193G737G154G3756G3762G1722G3450G3686G154G2532G2983G2443G5216G5479G5600G413725"I have spoken of these matters in figures of speech, but soon I will stop speaking figuratively and will tell you plainly all about the Father.G5023G2980G5213G1722G3942G235G5610G2064G3753G2980G3765G2980G5213G1722G3942G235G312G5213G3954G4012G396226Then you will ask in my name. I'm not saying I will ask the Father on your behalf,G1722G1565G2250G154G1722G3450G3686G2532G3004G3756G5213G3754G1473G2065G3962G4012G521627for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God

.G1063G3962G846G5368G5209G3754G5210G5368G1691G2532G4100G3754G1473G1831G3844G231628Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave the world and return to the Father."G1831G3844G3962G2532G2064G1519G2889G3825G863G2889G2532G4198G4314G396229Then his disciples said, "At last you are speaking plainly and not figuratively.G846G3101G3004G846G2396G3568G2980G3954G2532G3004G3762G394230Now we understand that you know everything, and there's no need to question you. From this we believe that you came from God."G3568G1492G3754G1492G3956G2532G5532G3756G2192G2443G5100G2065G4571G1722G5129G4100G3754G1831G575G231631Jesus asked, "Do you finally believe?G2424G611G846G4100G737G410032But the time is coming—indeed it's here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.G2400G5610G2064G2532G2064G3568G2064G2443G4650G1538G1519G2398G2532G863G1691G3441G2532G1510G3756G3441G3754G3962G2076G3326G170033I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."G5023G2980G5213G2443G1722G1698G2192G1515G1722G2889G2192G2192G2347G235G2293G1473G3528G2889

John 17

The Prayer of Jesus

17After saying all these things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son so he can give glory back to you.G5023G2980G2424G2532G1869G846G3788G1519G3772G2532G2036G3962G5610G2064G1392G4675G5207G2443G4675G5207G2532G1392G45712For you have given him authority over everyone. He gives eternal life to each one you have given him.G2531G1325G846G1849G3956G4561G2443G1325G166G2222G3739G3956G846G1325G8463And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.G1161G3778G2076G2222G166G2443G1097G4571G3441G228G2316G2532G2424G5547G3739G6494I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.G1473G1392G4571G1909G1093G5048G2041G3739G1325G3427G2443G41605Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.G2532G3568G3962G1392G4771G3165G3844G4572G1391G3739G2192G3844G4671G4253G2889G15116"I have revealed you

to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word.G5319G4675G3686G444G3739G1325G3427G1537G2889G4674G2258G2532G1325G846G1698G2532G5083G4675G30567Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you,G3568G1097G3754G3956G3745G1325G3427G2076G3844G46758for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.G3754G1325G846G4487G3739G1325G3427G2532G846G2983G2532G1097G230G3754G1831G3844G4675G2532G4100G3754G4771G649G31659"My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you.G1473G2065G4012G846G2065G3756G4012G2889G235G4012G3739G1325G3427G3754G1526G467410All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory.G2532G3956G1699G2076G4674G2532G4674G1699G2532G1392G1722G84611Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name

; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.G2532G3765G1510G3765G1722G2889G2532G3778G1526G1722G2889G2532G1473G2064G4314G4571G40G3962G5083G1722G4675G3686G846G3739G1325G3427G2443G5600G1520G2531G224912During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me

. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.G3753G2252G3326G846G1722G2889G1473G5083G846G1722G4675G3686G3739G1325G3427G5442G2532G3762G1537G846G622G1508G5207G684G2443G1124G413713"Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.G1161G3568G2064G4314G4571G2532G5023G2980G1722G2889G2443G2192G1699G5479G4137G1722G84614I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.G1473G1325G846G4675G3056G2532G2889G3404G846G3754G1526G3756G1537G2889G2531G1473G1510G3756G1537G288915I'm not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.G2065G3756G2443G142G846G1537G2889G235G2443G5083G846G1537G419016They do not belong to this world any more than I do.G1526G3756G1537G2889G2531G1473G1510G3756G1537G288917Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth.G37G846G1722G4675G225G4674G3056G2076G22518Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.G2531G649G1691G1519G2889G2504G649G2504G649G846G1519G288919And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.G2532G5228G846G5228G1473G37G1683G2443G846G2532G5600G37G1722G22520"I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.G1161G3756G2065G4012G5130G3440G235G4012G2532G4100G1519G1691G1223G846G305621I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.G2443G3956G5600G1520G2531G4771G3962G1722G1698G2504G1722G4671G2443G846G2532G5600G1520G1722G2254G2443G2889G4100G3754G4771G649G316522"I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one.G2532G1391G3739G1325G3427G1473G1325G846G2443G5600G1520G2531G2249G2070G152023I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.G1473G1722G846G2532G4771G1722G1698G2443G5600G5048G1519G1520G2532G2443G2889G1097G3754G4771G649G3165G2532G25G846G2531G25G169124Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!G3962G2309G2443G2548G3739G1325G3427G5600G3326G1700G3699G1473G1510G2443G2334G1699G1391G3739G1325G3427G3754G25G3165G4253G2602G288925"O righteous Father, the world doesn't know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me.G2532G1342G3962G2889G1097G3756G1097G4571G1161G1473G1097G4571G2532G3778G1097G3754G4771G649G316526I have revealed you to them, and I will continue to do so. Then your love for me will be in them, and I will be in them."G2532G1107G846G4675G3686G2532G1107G2443G26G3739G25G3165G5600G1722G846G2504G1722G846