John 16:16-33

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.

25“These things I have spoken to you in 19figures of speech; 20an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father. 2621On that day 22you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; 27for 23the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and 24have believed that 25I came forth from the Father. 2826I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and 27going to the Father.”

29His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and are not 28using any 29figure of speech. 30Now we know that You know all things, and that You have no need for anyone to question You; this is why we 30believe that You 31came forth from God.” 31Jesus replied to them, “Do you now believe? 32Behold, 32an hour is coming, and has already come, for 33you to be scattered, each to 34his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet 35I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 33These things I have spoken to you so that 36in Me you may have peace. 37In the world you have tribulation, but 38take courage; 39I have overcome the world.”