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21 "They are going to do all these things to you because of the way they treated me, because they don't know the One who sent me.
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They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
22 If I hadn't come and told them all this in plain language, it wouldn't be so bad. As it is, they have no excuse.
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If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
23 Hate me, hate my Father - it's all the same.
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Whoever hates me hates my Father as well.
24 If I hadn't done what I have done among them, works no one has ever done, they wouldn't be to blame. But they saw the God-signs and hated anyway, both me and my Father.
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If I had not done among them the works no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. As it is, they have seen, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
25 Interesting - they have verified the truth of their own Scriptures where it is written, 'They hated me for no good reason.'
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But this is to fulfill what is written in their Law: ‘They hated me without reason.’
26 "When the Friend I plan to send you from the Father comes - the Spirit of Truth issuing from the Father - he will confirm everything about me.
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“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.
27 You, too, from your side must give your confirming evidence, since you are in this with me from the start.
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And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
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