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Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not just my feet, but my hands and my head as well!"

Jesus told him, "The person who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but is entirely clean. And you menyou (pl.)">[fn] are clean, though not all of you."John 15:3;">[xr]

I'm not talking about all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: 'The one who ate bread with meate my bread">[fn] has lifted up his heel against[fn] me.'Psalm 41:9">[fn]Psalm 41:9; Matthew 26:23; John 13:21;">[xr]

Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jews[fn] I now tell you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.'John 7:34; 8:21;">[xr]

He is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, for it neither sees him nor recognizes him. But you recognize him, for he abides with you and will be inamong">[fn] you.John 15:26; 16:13; 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 John 2:27; 4:6;">[xr]

"In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.John 16:16; 1 Corinthians 15:20;">[xr]

The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word that you hear is not mine, but comes from the Father who sent me.John 5:19,38; 7:16; 8:28; 12:49; 14:10;">[xr]

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and remind you of all that I have told you.Luke 24:49; John 2:22; 12:16; 14:16; 15:26; 1 John 2:20,27;">[xr]

You have heard me tell you, 'I am going away, but I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I am.John 5:18; 10:30; 16:16; 20:17; Philippians 2:6;">[xr]

But I am doing what the Father has commanded me to let the world know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us leave this place."John 10:18; Philippians 2:8; Hebrews 5:8;">[xr]

I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.Genesis 18:17; John 17:26; Acts 20:27;">[xr]

"You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you. I have appointed you to go and produce fruit that will last,produce fruit, and your fruit is to last">[fn] so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:15; John 1:7; 6:70; 13:18; 14:13; Colossians 1:6; 1 John 4:10,19;">[xr]

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. But because you do not belong to the world and I have chosen you out of it,out of the world">[fn] the world hates you.John 17:14; 1 John 4:5;">[xr]

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.John 9:41; Romans 1:20; James 4:17;">[xr]

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.John 3:2; 7:31; 9:32;">[xr]

But this happened so thatBut so that">[fn] the word written in their law might be fulfilled: 'They hated me for no reason.'Psalm 35:19; 69:4">[fn]Psalm 35:19; 69:4;">[xr]

But I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you this in the beginning, because I was with you."Matthew 9:15; John 13:19; 14:29;">[xr]

"But now I am going to the one who sent me. Yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'John 7:33; 13:3; 14:28;">[xr]

But because I have told you this, sorrow has filled your hearts.John 14:1; 16:22;">[xr]

However, I am telling you the truth. It is for your advantage that I am going away, for if I do not go away the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.John 7:39; 15:26; Acts 2:33; Ephesians 4:8;">[xr]