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John 14:18

John 14:18
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

Jesus’ promise to friends about to feel abandoned: I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you.

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John 14:18 in context

15If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Written by Jesus’ close friend so that readers would believe and have life in His name.

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John 11:25-26
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He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

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