23 But (A)an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father (B)in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers.

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23 Yet a time is coming and has now come(A) when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit(B) and in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.

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[a]They will (A)make you outcasts from the synagogue, but (B)an hour is coming for everyone (C)who kills you to think that he is offering service to God.

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Footnotes

  1. John 16:2 Or They will have you excommunicated

They will put you out of the synagogue;(A) in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.(B)

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25 “These things I have spoken to you in [a](A)figurative language; (B)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in [b]figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

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  1. John 16:25 Lit proverbs; or figures of speech
  2. John 16:25 Lit proverbs; or figures of speech

25 “Though I have been speaking figuratively,(A) a time is coming(B) when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

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