John 16:16–24

The Prediction of Christ’s Death and Resurrection

¹⁶“A ^slittle while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, ^tbecause I go to the Father.”

¹⁷Then some of His disciples said among themselves, “What is this that He says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?” ¹⁸They said therefore, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not ⁴know what He is saying.”

¹⁹Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to them, “Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’? ²⁰Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and ^ulament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into ^vjoy. ^21wA woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come; but as soon as she has given birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world. ²²Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and ^xyour heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

²³“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. ^yMost assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. ²⁴Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, ^zthat your joy may be ^afull.