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it was not you that chose me, but I that chose you, and establish'd you, that your travels may be fruitful, and your fruit be lasting: so that whatever ye shall ask of the father for my sake, he will give it you.

if I had not appear'd, and inform'd them, they would have been innocent: but now they have no excuse for their sin.

they shall expel you out of the synagogues: yea, the time is coming, when it will be thought an agreeable sacrifice to God for any one to take away your lives.

nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I go away: for if I do not go away, the advocate will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him to you.

but when he, the spirit of truth shall come, he will inform you of all those truths: for he will not speak from himself; but the information he shall receive will he communicate: and acquaint you with what is to come.

he shall glorify me: for he will commuincate to you, the information, which I shall give him.

for, said they, we cannot comprehend the meaning of that expression, "within a little while?"

though then ye shall ask in my name: I need not promise, that I will pray the father for you;

for the father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I had my mission from God.

for thou hast given him power over all men, that he might give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.

I have displayed thy name among those whom you have chosen out of the world for me: thine they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept thy word.

for I have given to them the instructions which you gave me; and they have received them; and have sincerely believ'd that I came from thee, and are persuaded that thou didst send me.

"It is for them I pray: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me, because they are thine.

for every thing that is mine is thine, and what is thine is mine, and I am glorified by them.

now that I am coming to thee, while I am here, I make these requests for them, that their joy in me may be compleat.

and for their sakes I consecrate myself, that they also might be consecrated by the truth.

neither pray I for these alone, but for those also who shall believe on me through their preaching.

father, I desire that they also whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am going; that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me: for thou didst love me before the foundation of the world; yet,

now Judas, who was to betray him, knew the place: for Jesus and his disciples had frequently assembled there.

but Jesus who knew every thing that should happen to him, advanc'd, and said to them, who do you look for?