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Jesus said, "My children, I will be with you only a short time more. You will look for me, but I tell you now what I told the Jewish leaders: Where I am going you cannot come.

Peter asked, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I am ready to die for you!"

Jesus answered, "Will you really give your life for me? The truth is, before the rooster crows, you will say three times that you don't know me."

There are many rooms in my Father's house. I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you.

After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back. Then I will take you with me, so that you can be where I am.

Jesus answered, "Philip, I have been with you for a long time. So you should know me. Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father too. So why do you say, ‘Show us the Father'?

And if you ask for anything in my name, I will do it for you. Then the Father's glory will be shown through the Son.

If you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.

Stay joined together with me, and follow my teachings. If you do this, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be given to you.

The greatest love people can show is to die for their friends.

"You did not choose me. I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.

If I had not come and spoken to the people of the world, they would not be guilty of sin. But now I have spoken to them. So they have no excuse for their sin.

But this happened to make clear the full meaning of what is written in their law: ‘They hated me for no reason.'

People will tell you to leave their synagogues and never come back. In fact, the time will come when they will think that killing you would be doing service for God.

I have told you all this now to prepare you. So when the time comes for these things to happen, you will remember that I warned you. "I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you then.

Let me assure you, it is better for you that I go away. I say this because when I go away I will send the Helper to you. But if I did not go, the Helper would not come.

"I have so much more to tell you, but it is too much for you to accept now.

In that day you will not have to ask me about anything. And I assure you, my Father will give you anything you ask him for in my name.

You have never asked for anything in this way before. But ask in my name, and you will receive. And you will have the fullest joy possible.

Then you will be able to ask the Father for things in my name. I'm not saying that I will have to ask the Father for you.