John 16:16-33

16“1A little while, and 2you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and 3you will see Me.” 17Some of His disciples then said to one another, “What is this thing He is telling us, ‘4A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because 5I go to the Father’?” 18So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.” 196Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? 20Truly, truly, I say to you, that 7you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but 8your grief will be turned into joy. 219Whenever a woman is in labor she has 10pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a 11child has been born into the world. 22Therefore 12you too have grief now; but 13I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. 2314In that day 15you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, 16if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. 2417Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your 18joy may be made full.

25“These things I have spoken to you in 1920figurative language; 21an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in 22figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. 2623In that day 24you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; 27for 25the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and 26have believed that 27I came forth from the Father. 2828I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and 29going to the Father.”

29His disciples said, “Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not 30using 31a figure of speech. 30Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we 32believe that You 33came from God.” 31Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? 32Behold, 34an hour is coming, and has already come, for 35you to be scattered, each to 36his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet 37I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 33These things I have spoken to you, so that 38in Me you may have peace. 39In the world you have tribulation, but 40take courage; 41I have overcome the world.”