woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more 22 the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world. And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you 23 [_see Isa. 66:14_]. And in that day ye shall [9]ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the 24 Father, he will give it you in my name. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be fulfilled. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in [10]proverbs: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in [10]proverbs, but 26 shall tell you plainly of the Father. In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will [11]pray the Father 27 for you; for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved 28 me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father. I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave 29 the world, and go unto the Father. His disciples say, Lo, now 30 speakest thou plainly, and speakest no [12]proverb. Now know we that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. 31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, 32 yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and _yet_ I am not alone, because the 33 Father is with me. These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. [Footnote 1: Or, _was_.] [Footnote 2: Many ancient authorities read _that ye bear much fruit, and be my disciples_.] [Footnote 3: Gr. _bondservants_.] [Footnote 4: Gr. _bondservant_.] [Footnote 5: Or, _know ye_.] [Footnote 6: Or, _Advocate_. Or, _Helper_. Gr. _Paraclete_.] [Footnote 7: Or, _goeth forth from_.] [Footnote 8: Or, _and bear ye also witness_.] [Footnote 9: Or, _ask me no question_.] [Footnote 10: Or, _parables_.] [Footnote 11: Gr. _make request of_.] [Footnote 12: Or, _parable_.] [Footnote a: Chapters 14-17 are called the Heart of Christ. Nowhere does the Master lay bare his very soul more completely than here in chapters 15 and 16, with the allegory of the Vine and the teaching concerning the Holy Spirit.] § 151. CHRIST'S INTERCESSORY PRAYER Possibly near Gethsemane John 17