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"I have said all this to you to keep you from falling away.
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They will put you out of the synagogues; indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
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And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me.
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But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of 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 Counselor 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 convince the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
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concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;
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concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more;
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concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
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"I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
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When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.