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concerning sin, because they do not believe in me,

and concerning righteousness, because I am going away to the Father and you will see me no more,

and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.

He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and will proclaim it to you.

So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,' and ‘Because I am going away to the Father'?"

A woman, when she gives birth, experiences pain because her hour has come. But when her child is born, she no longer remembers the affliction, on account of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.

For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

Behold, an hour is coming—and has come—that you will be scattered each one to his own home, and you will leave me alone. And I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

because the words that you gave to me I have given to them, and they received them and know truly that I have come from you, and they have believed that you have sent me.

I am asking on behalf of them. I am not asking on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those whom you have given me, because they are yours,

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.

"Father, those whom you have given to me—I want that those also may be with me where I am, in order that they may see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, also knew about the place, because Jesus often gathered there with his disciples.)

Then Jesus, because he knew all the things that were coming upon him, went out and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"

(Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire because it was cold, and they were warming themselves. And Peter was also standing there with them and warming himself.)

The Jews replied to him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!"

So many of the Jews read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city. And it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.

Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an important day), asked Pilate that their legs could be broken and they could be taken away.

So there, on account of the day of preparation of the Jews, because the tomb was close by, they buried Jesus.

Now when it was evening on that day—the first day of the week—and the doors had been shut where the disciples were because of fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace to you."