John 16:16-24

16“A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again in a little while, you will see Me.”

17Then some of His disciples said to one another, “What does He mean by telling us, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again in a little while, you will see Me’? And, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

18They kept on saying, “What’s this He’s saying, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what He’s talking about!”

19Yeshua knew that they wanted to question Him, so He said to them, “Are you asking each other about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again in a little while, you will see Me’?

20Amen, amen I tell you, you will weep and mourn, but the world will celebrate. You will be filled with sorrow, but your sorrow will turn to joy!

21“When a woman is in labor, she has pain 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 human being has been born into the world.

22So also you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you!

23“In that day, you will ask Me nothing. Amen, amen I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

24Up to now, you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.