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Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
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When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;
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about sin, because they don't believe in me;
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about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you see me no more;
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about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
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"I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.
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However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever things he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you the things that are coming.
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He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you.
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All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.
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A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me."
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Some of his talmidim therefore said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I go to the Father?'"