I tell you this now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe that 'I Am Who I Am.'

I have told you this now before it all happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.

Come here and predict what will happen, so that we will know it when it takes place. Explain to the court the events of the past, and tell us what they mean.

Tell us what the future holds--- then we will know that you are gods! Do something good or bring some disaster; fill us with fear and awe!

Go and preach, 'The Kingdom of heaven is near!'

Listen! I have told you this ahead of time.

Be on your guard! I have told you everything ahead of time.

Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to be tried in synagogues and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for my sake.

This will be your chance to tell the Good News.

And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake."

I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit has warned me that prison and troubles wait for me.

But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.

I know that I shall soon put off this mortal body, as our Lord Jesus Christ plainly told me.

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost---so that the scripture might come true.

And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness.

Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to be sad as long as the bridegroom is with them? Of course not! But the day will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Jesus answered, "Do you expect the guests at a wedding party to go without food? Of course not! As long as the bridegroom is with them, they will not do that.