John 16:16-24

16“1A little while, and 2you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and 3you will see Me.” 17So some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He is telling us, ‘4A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because 5I am going 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 wanted to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you are not going to see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? 20Truly, truly I say to you that 7you will weep and mourn, 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 is going to take your joy away from you. 23And 14on 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.