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So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist,

I tell you this beforehand, so that when it happens you will believe that I am the Messiah.

So that disciple leaned over to Jesus and asked, "Lord, who is it?"

So Judas left at once, going out into the night.

And since God receives glory because of the Son, he will give his own glory to the Son, and he will do so at once.

So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other.

There 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?

When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will always be with me where I am.

"No, we don't know, Lord," Thomas said. "We have no idea where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

Jesus 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?

You can ask for anything in my name, and I will do it, so that the Son can bring glory to the Father.

"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.

I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe.

but 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.

He 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.

I have told you these things so that you will be filled with my joy. Yes, your joy will overflow!

You 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.

The 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.

"I have told you these things so that you won't abandon your faith.

Yes, 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.