Psalms 127:2

[2] It is a waste of time to get up early and stay up late, trying to make a living. The Lord provides for those he loves, even while they are sleeping.

https://bible.com/bible/406/psa.127.2.ERV

John 16:25-26

[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.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.16.25-26.ERV

John 16:23-24

[23] In that day you will not have to ask me about anything. And I assure you, my Father will give you anything you ask him for in my name. 

[24] You have never asked for anything in this way before. But ask in my name, and you will receive. And you will have the fullest joy possible.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.16.23-24.ERV

Luke 1:28, 30-33

[28] The angel came to her and said, “Greetings! The Lord is with you; you are very special to him.”

[30] The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, because God is very pleased with you. 

[31] Listen! You will become pregnant and have a baby boy. You will name him Jesus. 

[32] He will be great. People will call him the Son of the Most High God, and the Lord God will make him king like his ancestor David. 

[33] He will rule over the people of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”

https://bible.com/bible/406/luk.1.28-33.ERV

John 16:20-22

[20] The truth is, you will cry and be sad, but the world will be happy. You will be sad, but then your sadness will change to happiness. 

[21] “When a woman gives birth to a baby, she has pain, because her time has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain. She forgets because she is so happy that a child has been born into the world. 

[22] It is the same with you. Now you are sad, but I will see you again, and you will be happy. You will have a joy that no one can take away.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.16.20-22.ERV

John 16:12-14

[12] “I have so much more to tell you, but it is too much for you to accept now. 

[13] But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all truth. He will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears and will tell you what will happen in the future. 

[14] The Spirit of truth will bring glory to me by telling you what he receives from me.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.16.12-14.ERV

John 16:8-10

[8] “When the Helper comes, he will show the people of the world how wrong they are about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment. 

[9] He will prove that they are guilty of sin, because they don’t believe in me. 

[10] He will show them how wrong they are about how to be right with God. The Helper will do this, because I am going to the Father. You will not see me then.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.16.8-10.ERV

John 16:7

[7] Let me assure you, it is better for you that I go away. I say this because when I go away I will send the Helper to you. But if I did not go, the Helper would not come.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.16.7.ERV

John 16:1-3

[1] “I have told you all this so that you won’t lose your faith when you face troubles. 

[2] People will tell you to leave their synagogues and never come back. In fact, the time will come when they will think that killing you would be doing service for God. 

[3] They will do this because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.16.1-3.ERV

John 15:26-27

[26] “I will send you the Helper from the Father. The Helper is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father. When he comes, he will tell about me. 

[27] And you will tell people about me too, because you have been with me from the beginning.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.26-27.ERV

John 15:22

[22] If I had not come and spoken to the people of the world, they would not be guilty of sin. But now I have spoken to them. So they have no excuse for their sin.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.22.ERV

John 15:21

[21] They will do to you whatever they did to me, because you belong to me. They don’t know the one who sent me.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.21.ERV

John 15:18-19

[18] “If the world hates you, remember that they hated me first. 

[19] If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as it loves its own people. But I have chosen you to be different from those in the world. So you don’t belong to the world, and that is why the world hates you.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.18-19.ERV

John 15:16

[16] “You did not choose me. I chose you. And I gave you this work: to go and produce fruit—fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you anything you ask for in my name.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.16.ERV

John 15:12-14

[12] This is what I command you: Love each other as I have loved you. 

[13] The greatest love people can show is to die for their friends. 

[14] You are my friends if you do what I tell you to do.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.12-14.ERV

John 15:10-11

[10] I have obeyed my Father’s commands, and he continues to love me. In the same way, if you obey my commands, I will continue to love you. 

[11] I have told you these things so that you can have the true happiness that I have. I want you to be completely happy.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.10-11.ERV

John 15:5, 7

[5] “I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I to you, you will produce plenty of fruit. But separated from me you won’t be able to do anything.

[7] Stay joined together with me, and follow my teachings. If you do this, you can ask for anything you want, and it will be given to you.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.5-7.ERV

John 15:3-4

[3] You have already been prepared to produce more fruit by the teaching I have given you. 

[4] Stay joined to me and I will stay joined to you. No branch can produce fruit alone. It must stay connected to the vine. It is the same with you. You cannot produce fruit alone. You must stay joined to me.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.3-4.ERV

John 15:1-2

[1] Jesus said, “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. 

[2] He cuts off every branch of mine that does not produce fruit. He also trims every branch that produces fruit to prepare it to produce even more.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.15.1-2.ERV

John 14:27

[27] “I leave you peace. It is my own peace I give you. I give you peace in a different way than the world does. So don’t be troubled. Don’t be afraid.

https://bible.com/bible/406/jhn.14.27.ERV