16:19 Jesus could see 1 that they wanted to ask him about these things, 2 so 3 he said to them, “Are you asking 4 each other about this – that I said, ‘In a little while you 5 will not see me; again after a little while, you 6 will see me’? 16:20 I tell you the solemn truth, 7 you will weep 8 and wail, 9 but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, 10 but your sadness will turn into 11 joy. 16:21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress 12 because her time 13 has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being 14 has been born into the world. 15 16:22 So also you have sorrow 16 now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. 17 16:23 At that time 18 you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, 19 whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. 20 16:24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, 21 so that your joy may be complete.
16:25 “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; 22 a time 23 is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you 24 plainly 25 about the Father. 16:26 At that time 26 you will ask in my name, and I do not say 27 that I will ask the Father on your behalf. 16:27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. 28 16:28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, 29 I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” 30
16:29 His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly 31 and not in obscure figures of speech! 32 16:30 Now we know that you know everything 33 and do not need anyone 34 to ask you anything. 35 Because of this 36 we believe that you have come from God.”
16:31 Jesus replied, 37 “Do you now believe? 16:32 Look, a time 38 is coming – and has come – when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, 39 and I will be left alone. 40 Yet 41 I am not alone, because my Father 42 is with me. 16:33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, 43 but take courage 44 – I have conquered the world.” 45