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"Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves.

"Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I am going to the Father.

"I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

"On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you.

"You heard that I said to you, 'I am going away, and I am coming to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser.

"I am the vine, you are the branches; the one who remains in Me, and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

"But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?'

"But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

and regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me;

So some of His disciples said to one another, "What is this that He is telling us, 'A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because I am going to the Father'?"

"On that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

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

"Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

"I am no longer going to be in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, so that they may be one just as We are.

"But now I am coming to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves.

"I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

"I am not asking You to take them out of the world, but to keep them away from the evil one.

"They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

"I am not asking on behalf of these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word,