But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’ nor any scorching heat. For the Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd; ‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’ ‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.

Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord; he brought me into a spacious place.

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever.

May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you the same attitude of mind toward each other that Christ Jesus had.

When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.

But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought me joy.

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

I, even I, am he who comforts you. Who are you that you fear mere mortals, human beings who are but grass.