{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/john/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:38:44.420Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":16,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":15,"nextChapter":17,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But now I go unto him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"of sin, because they believe not on me;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, these'shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare it unto you."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Jesus perceived that they were desirous to ask him, and he said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And in that day ye shall ask me no question. Verily, verily, I say unto you, if ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Now know we that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 16 (ASV)","markdown":"[John 16](https://primebible.com/asv/john/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/john/16 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}