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When that day comes, you will know that I am united with my Father, and you with me, and I with you.

"I have told you these things while I am still with you.

"What I am leaving with you is shalom — I am giving you my shalom. I don't give the way the world gives. Don't let yourselves be upset or frightened.

You heard me tell you, ‘I am leaving, and I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would have been glad that I am going to the Father; because the Father is greater than I.

"I am the real vine, and my Father is the gardener.

"I am the vine and you are the branches. Those who stay united with me, and I with them, are the ones who bear much fruit; because apart from me you can't do a thing.

But now I am going to the One who sent me. "Not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?'

about righteousness, in that I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;

At this, some of the talmidim said to one another, "What is this that he's telling us, ‘In a little while, you won't see me; then, a little while later, you will see me'? and, ‘I am going to the Father'?"

So you do indeed feel grief now, but I am going to see you again. Then your hearts will be full of joy, and no one will take your joy away from you.

When that day comes, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will pray to the Father on your behalf,

"I came from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and returning to the Father."

But a time is coming — indeed it has come already — when you will be scattered, each one looking out for himself; and you will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone; because the Father is with me.

"I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given to me, because they are yours.

Now I am no longer in the world. They are in the world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, guard them by the power of your name, which you have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we are.

But now, I am coming to you; and I say these things while I am still in the world so that they may have my joy made complete in themselves.

On their behalf I am setting myself apart for holiness, so that they too may be set apart for holiness by means of the truth.

"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am; so that they may see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

"Yeshua from Natzeret," they answered. He said to them, "I AM." Also standing with them was Y'hudah, the one who was betraying him.

When he said, "I AM," they went backward from him and fell to the ground.