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.
30. We can see now that you know all things. You answer our questions even before we ask them. This makes us believe that you came from God.”
31. Jesus said, “So now you believe?
32. Listen to me. A time is coming when you will be scattered, each to his own home. In fact, that time is already here. You will leave me, and I will be alone. But I am never really alone, because the Father is with me.
33. “I have told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have troubles. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”