John 14:13-31

13Ask me to help you. If you ask anything in my name, I will do it for you. In that way, the Son will show everyone how great the Father is.

14Yes, you should ask me for anything in my name. I will do it for you.’

15Jesus then said, ‘If you love me, do what I have told you to do.

16I will ask the Father to help you with this. He will send another Helper to be with you. That Helper will stay with you for ever.

17He is God's Spirit and he shows you what is true. The people who belong to this world cannot receive him. That is because they cannot see him. They cannot know who he is. But you know him because he stays with you. And he will be in you.

18I will not let you remain alone, like children without parents. I will come to you.

19Soon, the people who belong to this world will not see me any more. But you will see me. Because I continue to live, you also will live.

20On that day, you will know that I am in my Father. You will know that you are in me and I am in you.

21Those people who obey my commands are the ones who really love me. They accept my words and they do what I say. My Father will love everyone who loves me. I also will love them and I will show myself to them.’

22Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, ‘Lord, why will you show yourself only to us? Why will you not show yourself also to the people who belong to this world?’

23Jesus replied, ‘Everyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. And my Father and I will come to them and we will make our home with them.

24Anyone who does not love me will not obey my message. These words that you hear are not my own. No, they come from the Father, who sent me.

25I have said these things to you while I am still with you.

26But the Father will send the Holy Spirit to be with you. He will be your Helper. He will come in my name, and he will teach you all things. He will help you to remember everything that I have told you.

27I will go away but I will give you a gift of peace. It is mine to give and yours to keep. It is not like a gift that this world gives. Do not let yourselves be sad. Do not be afraid.

28You heard me say to you, “I will go away, but I will return to you.” If you loved me, you would be happy because of that. You would be happy because I will go to the Father. And he is greater than I am.

29I have told you this now, before it happens. So then, when it does happen, you will believe.

30I will not talk with you much more, because the ruler of this world will come soon. He has no power over me.

31But the people who belong to this world must learn about me. They must know that I love the Father. I do everything that he tells me to do. I must show that to them. Now get up, we must go from here.’