John 16:20-33 ▼

20 Verily, verily I say to you, you shall weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow, be cause her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the pain, for joy that a man is born into the world.

22 You, therefore, have sorrow now; but I shall see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.

23 And in that day you shall ask nothing of me; verily, verily I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give you.

24 Till this time you have asked for nothing in my name; ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full.

25 These things I have spoken to you in parables; the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in parables, but will teach you plainly concerning the Father.

26 In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father in your behalf;

27 for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

28 I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world: again I leave the world, and go to the Father.

29 His disciples said to him: Lo, now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no parable.

30 Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast no need that any one should ask thee. By this we believe that thou hast come forth from God.

31 Jesus answered them: Do you now believe?

32 Behold, the hour is coming, and has now come, in which you shall be scattered, each one to his own home, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.

33 These things I have spoken to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you shall have affliction, but be of good courage; I have overcome the world.