John 16:1
Verse 1 of 33. The 16th of 21 chapters in John, in The Gospels.
1“I have said these things to you so that you wouldn’t be caused to stumble.
2They will put you out of the synagogues. Yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers service to God.
3They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
4But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
5But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.