John 16:17-29

¹⁷Therefore some of his disciples said together, What is this thing that he saith to us, A little, and ye shall not see me; and again a little, and ye shall see me, for I go to the Father?

¹⁸Therefore they said, What is this that he saith to us, A little? we know not what he speaketh.

¹⁹And Jesus knew, that they would ask him, and he said to them, Of this thing ye seek among you, for I said, A little, and ye shall not see me; and again a little, and ye shall see me.

²⁰Truly, truly, I say to you, that ye shall mourn and weep, but the world shall have joy; and ye shall be sorrow-ful, but your sorrow shall turn into joy.

²¹A woman when she beareth child, hath heaviness or sorrow, for her time is come; but when she hath born a son, now she thinketh not on the pain, for joy, for a man is born into the world.

²²And therefore ye have now sorrow, but again I shall see you, and your heart shall have joy, and no man shall take from you your joy.

²³And in that day ye shall not ask me anything; truly, truly, I say to you, if ye ask the Father anything in my name, he shall give it to you.

²⁴Till now ye asked nothing in my name; ask ye, and ye shall take, that your joy be full.

²⁵I have spoken to you these things in proverbs; the hour cometh, when now I shall not speak to you in proverbs, but openly of my Father I shall tell to you.

²⁶In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I shall pray the Father for you;

²⁷for the Father himself loveth you, for ye have loved me, and have believed, that I went out from God.

²⁸I went out from the Father, and I came into the world; again I leave the world, and go to the Father.

²⁹His disciples said to him, Lo! now thou speakest openly, and thou sayest no proverb.