I have said these things to you in ‘parables’; the hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in ‘parables’, but I will tell you in plain speech about the Father.

On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf –  

for the Father loves you all of his own accord,
because you have loved me
and you have believed that I have come from the Father. 

I came from the Father and have come into the world.
Again I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father. 

His disciples said ‘Look, now you are speaking plainly and no longer in parables. We know now that you know all things and you have no need for anyone to question you. Because of this we believe that you have come from God. ‘

Jesus answered them: ‘Now you believe?
Behold the hour is coming
and it has arrived when you will be scattered each to their own place,
and you will leave me alone.
But I am not alone,
because the Father is with me. 

I have said these things to so that you might have peace in me.
In the world you have trouble.

But be courageous, I have overcome the world.’

O Lord Jesus Christ,
stay beside me to defend me,
within me to guide me,
before me to lead me,
and above me to bless me,
that with you and in you,
I may live, and move and have my being,
for ever and ever.
Amen.

(unknown)