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They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God.
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And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me.
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But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
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But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, "Where are you going?'
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But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.
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Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
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And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment:
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about sin, because they do not believe in me;
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about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;
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about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
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"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.