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New Living Translation (NLT)

John 16
⁷ But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you.
⁸ And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.
⁹ The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me.
¹⁰ Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more.
¹¹ Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.
¹² “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now.
¹³ When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future.
¹⁴ He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me.
¹⁵ All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.’
¹⁶ “In a little while you won’t see me anymore. But a little while after that, you will see me again.”
¹⁷ Some of the disciples asked each other, “What does he mean when he says, ‘In a little while you won’t see me, but then you will see me,’ and ‘I am going to the Father’?