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Then you will know that I am one with the Father. You will know that you are one with me, and I am one with you.

If you love me, you will do what I have said, and my Father will love you. I will also love you and show you what I am like.

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

You have already heard me say that I am going and that I will also come back to you. If you really love me, you should be glad that I am going back to the Father, because he is greater than I am.

I am telling you this before I leave, so that when it does happen, you will have faith in me.

Jesus said to his disciples: I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything without me.

I have told you this to make you as completely happy as I am.

I am telling you this to keep you from being afraid.

I am saying this to you now, so that when the time comes, you will remember what I have said. I was with you at the first, and so I didn't tell you these things.

But now I am going back to the Father who sent me, and none of you asks me where I am going.

But I tell you that I am going to do what is best for you. That is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you.

They are wrong about God's justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me again.

I came from the Father into the world, but I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.

I am praying for them, but not for those who belong to this world. My followers belong to you, and I am praying for them.

Holy Father, I am no longer in the world. I am coming to you, but my followers are still in the world. So keep them safe by the power of the name that you have given me. Then they will be one with each other, just as you and I are one.

I am on my way to you. But I say these things while I am still in the world, so that my followers will have the same complete joy that I do.

I am sending them into the world, just as you sent me.

I am not praying just for these followers. I am also praying for everyone else who will have faith because of what my followers will say about me.

I want all of them to be one with each other, just as I am one with you and you are one with me. I also want them to be one with us. Then the people of this world will believe that you sent me.