John 16:25-29 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

25. “I have told you these things, using words that hide the meaning. But the time will come when I will not use words like that to tell you things. I will speak to you in plain words about the Father.

26. Then you will be able to ask the Father for things in my name. I’m not saying that I will have to ask the Father for you.

27. The Father himself loves you because you have loved me. And he loves you because you have believed that I came from God.

28. I came from the Father into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

29. Then his followers said, “You are already speaking plainly to us. You are not using words that hide the meaning.

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