John 16:25-28

25I have spoken to you with words and stories that are like pictures. But there will be a time when I will not speak like that any more. Instead, I will speak clearly to you about the Father.

26When that day arrives, you yourselves will ask the Father in my name. I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

27I will not need to do that, because the Father himself loves you. He loves you because you love me, and you have believed that I came from God.

28Yes, I came from the Father, and I came into this world. Now I will leave this world and I will return to the Father.’