{"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/dbt/john/16","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:02:37.289Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"John","bookSlug":"john","chapter":16,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":15,"nextChapter":17,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":33},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"These things I have spoken unto you that ye may not be offended."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"and these things they will do because they have not known the Father nor me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But I have spoken these things to you, that when their hour shall have come, ye may remember them, that I have said them unto you. But I did not say these things unto you from the beginning, because I was with you."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"But now I go to him that has sent me, and none of you demands of me, Where goest thou?"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But I say the truth to you, It is profitable for you that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go I will send him to you."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"of sin, because they do not believe on me;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"of righteousness, because I go away to my Father, and ye behold me no longer;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatsoever he shall hear he shall speak; and he will announce to you what is coming."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and shall announce it to you."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce it to you."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, because I go away to the Father."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Jesus knew therefore that they desired to demand of him, and said to them, Do ye inquire of this among yourselves that I said, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declare to you openly concerning the Father."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will demand of the Father for you,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out from God."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I leave the world and go to the Father."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speakest openly and utterest no allegory."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast not need that any one should demand of thee. By this we believe that thou art come from God."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?"},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Behold, the hour is coming, and has come, that ye shall be scattered, each to his own, and shall leave me alone; and yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world."}],"citation":{"inline":"John 16 (DBT)","markdown":"[John 16](https://primebible.com/dbt/john/16)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/john/16 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}