John 16:12–22

¹²I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now. ¹³But when he is come, the Spirit of truth, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but whatsoever he shall hear he shall speak; and he will announce to you what is coming. ¹⁴He shall glorify me, for he shall receive of mine and shall announce it to you. ¹⁵All things that the Father has are mine; on account of this I have said that he receives of mine and shall announce it to you.

¹⁶A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, because I go away to the Father. ¹⁷Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father? ¹⁸They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks. ¹⁹Jesus knew therefore that they desired to demand of him, and said to them, Do ye inquire of this among yourselves that I said, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me? ²⁰Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy. ²¹A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world. ²²And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.