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John 16:1-6
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John 16:1-6
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"I've told you these things to prepare you for rough times ahead.
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They are going to throw you out of the meeting places. There will even come a time when anyone who kills you will think he's doing God a favor.
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They will do these things because they never really understood the Father.
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I've told you these things so that when the time comes and they start in on you, you'll be well-warned and ready for them.
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But now I am on my way to the One who sent me. Not one of you has asked, 'Where are you going?'
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Instead, the longer I've talked, the sadder you've become.
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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.