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I am the vine, you are the branches. The one who abides in me while I abide in himand I in him">[fn] produces much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.Hosea 14:8; Philippians 1:11; 4:13;">[xr]

I am giving you these commandments so that you may love one another."John 15:12;">[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]

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]

of righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see me;John 3:14; 5:32; Acts 2:32;">[xr]

At this point, some of his disciples said to each another, "What does he mean by telling us, 'In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again,' and 'because I am going to the Father'?"

On that day, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.John 16:23;">[xr]

I left the Father and have come into the world. NowAgain">[fn] I am leaving the world and going back to the Father."John 13:3;">[xr]

Listen, the hour is coming, indeed it has already come, when you will be scattered, each of you to his own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.Matthew 26:31; Mark 14:27; John 8:29; 14:10-11; 20:10;">[xr]

I am asking on their behalf. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you gave me, for they are yours.1 John 5:19;">[xr]

I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your name, the namethe one">[fn] that you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one.John 1:21; 10:30; 13:1; 16:28; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 1:1;">[xr]

"And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they may have my joy completed in themselves.

I am not asking you to take them out of the world but to protect them from the evil one.Matthew 6:13; Galatians 1:4; 2 Thessalonians 3:3; 1 John 5:18;">[xr]

that they may all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be oneone">[fn] in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me.John 10:16,38; 14:11; Romans 12:5; Galatians 3:28;">[xr]

I am in them, and you are in me. May they be completely one, so that the world may know that you sent me and that you have loved them as you loved me.Colossians 3:14;">[xr]

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.John 4:5; 12:26; 14:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:17;">[xr]

They answered him, "Jesus from Nazareth."Jesus the Nazarene; the Gk. Nazoraios may be a word play between Heb. netser, meaning branch (see Isaiah 11:1), and the name">[fn] Jesus said to them, "I am he." Judas, the man who betrayed him, was standing with them.

When Jesushe">[fn] told them, "I am he," they backed away and fell to the ground.

Jesus replied, "I told you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go."

The young woman at the gate said to Peter, "You aren't one of this man's disciples, too, are you?" He said, "I am not."