New King James Version

John 16:3-8 New King James Version (NKJV)

3. And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

4. But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

5. “But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

6. But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.

8. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: