Tuesday Passion Week Reading

John 15-16 (New American Standard Bible)

John 15
Jesus Is the Vine--Followers Are Branches
1"(A)I am the true vine, and My Father is the (B)vinedresser.
2"Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He [a]prunes it so that it may bear more fruit.

3"(C)You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.

4"(D)Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.

5"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he (E)bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing.

6"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is (F)thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned.

7"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, (G)ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

8"My (H)Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so (I)prove to be My disciples.

9"Just as (J)the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love.

10"(K)If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as (L)I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love.

11"(M)These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your (N)joy may be made full.

Disciples' Relation to Each Other
12"This is (O)My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.
13"(P)Greater love has no one than this, that one (Q)lay down his life for his friends.

14"You are My (R)friends if (S)you do what I command you.

15"No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for (T)all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you.

16"(U)You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and (V)bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that (W)whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you.

17"This (X)I command you, that you love one another.

Disciples' Relation to the World
18"(Y)If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
19"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but (Z)I chose you out of the world, (AA)because of this the world hates you.

20"Remember the word that I said to you, '(AB)A slave is not greater than his master ' If they persecuted Me, (AC)they will also persecute you; if they (AD)kept My word, they will keep yours also.

21"But all these things they will do to you (AE)for My name's sake, (AF)because they do not know the One who sent Me.

22"(AG)If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin.

23"He who hates Me hates My Father also.

24"(AH)If I had not done among them (AI)the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well.

25"But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their (AJ)Law, '(AK)THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.'

26"When the (AL)Helper comes, (AM)whom I will send to you from the Father, that is (AN)the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, (AO)He will testify about Me,

27and (AP)you will testify also, because you have been with Me (AQ)from the beginning.

John 16
Jesus' Warning
1"(AR)These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from (AS)stumbling.
2"They will (AT)make you outcasts from the synagogue, but (AU)an hour is coming for everyone (AV)who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

3"These things they will do (AW)because they have not known the Father or Me.

4"But these things I have spoken to you, (AX)so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them These things I did not say to you (AY)at the beginning, because I was with you.

The Holy Spirit Promised
5"But now (AZ)I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, '(BA)Where are You going?'
6"But because I have said these things to you, (BB)sorrow has filled your heart.

7"But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the (BC)Helper will not come to you; but if I go, (BD)I will send Him to you.

8"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment;

9concerning sin, (BE)because they do not believe in Me;

10and concerning (BF)righteousness, because (BG)I go to the Father and you no longer see Me;

11(BH)and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

12"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13"But when He, (BI)the Spirit of truth, comes, He will (BJ)guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

14"He will (BK)glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

15"(BL)All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.

Jesus' Death and Resurrection Foretold
16"(BM)A little while, and (BN)you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and (BO)you will see Me."
17Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, '(BP)A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because (BQ)I go to the Father'?"

18So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."

19(BR)Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, 'A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me'?

20"Truly, truly, I say to you, that (BS)you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but (BT)your grief will be turned into joy.

21"(BU)Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

22"Therefore (BV)you too have grief now; but (BW)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises
23"(BX)In that day (BY)you will not question Me about anything Truly, truly, I say to you, (BZ)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.
24"(CA)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your (CB)joy may be made full.

25"These things I have spoken to you in (CC)figurative language; (CD)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

26"(CE)In that day (CF)you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

27for (CG)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and (CH)have believed that (CI)I came forth from the Father.

28"(CJ)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and (CK)going to the Father."

29His disciples said, "Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using (CL)a figure of speech.

30"Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we (CM)believe that You (CN)came from God."

31Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe?

32"Behold, (CO)an hour is coming, and has already come, for (CP)you to be scattered, each to (CQ)his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet (CR)I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

33"These things I have spoken to you, so that (CS)in Me you may have peace (CT)In the world you have tribulation, but (CU)take courage; (CV)I have overcome the world."


Footnotes:
a.John 15:2 Lit cleans; used to describe pruning
Cross references:
A.John 15:1 : Ps 80:8-ff; Is 5:1-ff; Ezek 19:10-ff; Matt 21:33-ff
B.John 15:1 : Matt 15:13; Rom 11:17; 1 Cor 3:9
C.John 15:3 : John 13:10; 17:17; Eph 5:26
D.John 15:4 : John 6:56; 15:4-7; 1 John 2:6
E.John 15:5 : John 15:16
F.John 15:6 : John 15:2
G.John 15:7 : Matt 7:7; John 15:16
H.John 15:8 : Matt 5:16
I.John 15:8 : John 8:31
J.John 15:9 : John 3:35; 17:23, 24, 26
K.John 15:10 : John 14:15
L.John 15:10 : John 8:29
M.John 15:11 : John 17:13
N.John 15:11 : John 3:29
O.John 15:12 : John 13:34; 15:17; 1 John 3:23; 2 John 5
P.John 15:13 : Rom 5:7
Q.John 15:13 : John 10:11
R.John 15:14 : Luke 12:4
S.John 15:14 : Matt 12:50
T.John 15:15 : John 8:26; 16:12
U.John 15:16 : John 6:70; 13:18; 15:19
V.John 15:16 : John 15:5
W.John 15:16 : John 14:13; 15:7; 16:23
X.John 15:17 : John 15:12
Y.John 15:18 : John 7:7; 1 John 3:13
Z.John 15:19 : John 15:16
AA.John 15:19 : Matt 10:22; 24:9; John 17:14
AB.John 15:20 : Matt 10:24; John 13:16
AC.John 15:20 : 1 Cor 4:12; 2 Cor 4:9; 2 Tim 3:12
AD.John 15:20 : John 8:51
AE.John 15:21 : Matt 10:22; 24:9; Mark 13:13; Luke 21:12, 17; Acts 4:17; 5:41; 9:14; 26:9; 1 Pet 4:14; Rev 2:3
AF.John 15:21 : John 8:19, 55; 16:3; 17:25; Acts 3:17; 1 John 3:1
AG.John 15:22 : John 9:41; 15:24
AH.John 15:24 : John 9:41; 15:21
AI.John 15:24 : John 5:36; 10:37
AJ.John 15:25 : John 10:34
AK.John 15:25 : Ps 35:19; 69:4
AL.John 15:26 : John 14:16
AM.John 15:26 : John 14:26
AN.John 15:26 : John 14:17
AO.John 15:26 : 1 John 5:7
AP.John 15:27 : Luke 24:48; John 19:35; 21:24; 1 John 1:2; 4:14
AQ.John 15:27 : Luke 1:2
AR.John 16:1 : John 15:18-27
AS.John 16:1 : Matt 11:6
AT.John 16:2 : John 9:22
AU.John 16:2 : John 4:21; 16:25
AV.John 16:2 : Is 66:5; Acts 26:9-11; Rev 6:9
AW.John 16:3 : John 8:19, 55; 15:21; 17:25; Acts 3:17; 1 John 3:1
AX.John 16:4 : John 13:19
AY.John 16:4 : Luke 1:2
AZ.John 16:5 : John 7:33; 16:10, 17, 28
BA.John 16:5 : John 13:36; 14:5
BB.John 16:6 : John 14:1; 16:22
BC.John 16:7 : John 14:16
BD.John 16:7 : John 14:26
BE.John 16:9 : John 15:22, 24
BF.John 16:10 : Acts 3:14; 7:52; 17:31; 1 Pet 3:18
BG.John 16:10 : John 16:5
BH.John 16:11 : John 12:31
BI.John 16:13 : John 14:17
BJ.John 16:13 : John 14:26
BK.John 16:14 : John 7:39
BL.John 16:15 : John 17:10
BM.John 16:16 : John 7:33
BN.John 16:16 : John 14:18-24; 16:16-24
BO.John 16:16 : John 16:22
BP.John 16:17 : John 16:16
BQ.John 16:17 : John 16:5
BR.John 16:19 : Mark 9:32; John 6:61
BS.John 16:20 : Mark 16:10; Luke 23:27
BT.John 16:20 : John 20:20
BU.John 16:21 : Is 13:8; 21:3; 26:17; 66:7; Hos 13:13; Mic 4:9; 1 Thess 5:3
BV.John 16:22 : John 16:6
BW.John 16:22 : John 16:16
BX.John 16:23 : John 14:20; 16:26
BY.John 16:23 : John 16:19, 30
BZ.John 16:23 : John 15:16
CA.John 16:24 : John 14:14
CB.John 16:24 : John 3:29; 15:11
CC.John 16:25 : Matt 13:34; John 10:6; 16:29
CD.John 16:25 : John 16:2
CE.John 16:26 : John 14:20; 16:23
CF.John 16:26 : John 16:19, 30
CG.John 16:27 : John 14:21, 23
CH.John 16:27 : John 2:11; 16:30
CI.John 16:27 : John 8:42
CJ.John 16:28 : John 8:42; 16:30
CK.John 16:28 : John 13:1, 3; 16:5, 10, 17
CL.John 16:29 : Matt 13:34; John 10:6; 16:25
CM.John 16:30 : John 2:11; 16:27
CN.John 16:30 : John 8:42; 16:28
CO.John 16:32 : John 4:23; 16:2, 25
CP.John 16:32 : Zech 13:7; Matt 26:31
CQ.John 16:32 : John 19:27
CR.John 16:32 : John 8:29
CS.John 16:33 : John 14:27
CT.John 16:33 : John 15:18-ff
CU.John 16:33 : Matt 9:2
CV.John 16:33 : Rom 8:37; 2 Cor 2:14; 4:7-ff; 6:4-ff; Rev 3:21; 12:11