Sorrow Will Turn to Joy

¹⁶ “A ^(A)little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, ^(B)because I go to the Father.”

¹⁷ Then 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’?” ¹⁸ They said therefore, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not ^[a]know what He is saying.”

¹⁹ Now 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’? ²⁰ Most assuredly, I say to you that you will weep and ^(C)lament, but the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into ^(D)joy. ^21 (E)A 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. ²² Therefore you now have sorrow; but I will see you again and ^(F)your heart will rejoice, and your joy no one will take from you.

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

Jesus Christ Has Overcome the World

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you ^(J)plainly about the Father. ²⁶ In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; ^27 (K)for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and ^(L)have believed that I came forth from God. ^28 (M)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, “See, now You are speaking plainly, and using no figure of speech! ³⁰ Now we are sure that ^(N)You know all things, and have no need that anyone should question You. By this ^(O)we believe that You came forth from God.”

³¹ Jesus answered them, “Do you now believe? ^32 (P)Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, ^(Q)each to his ^[b]own, and will leave Me alone. And ^(R)yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. ³³ These things I have spoken to you, that ^(S)in Me you may have peace. ^(T)In the world you ^[c]will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, ^(U)I have overcome the world.”

Jesus Prays for Himself

17 Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: “Father, ^(V)the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, ^2 (W)as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He ^[d]should give eternal life to as many ^(X)as You have given Him. ³ And ^(Y)this is eternal life, that they may know You, ^(Z)the only true God, and Jesus Christ ^(AA)whom You have sent. ^4 (AB)I have glorified You on the earth. ^(AC)I have finished the work ^(AD)which You have given Me to do. ⁵ And now, O Father, glorify Me together ^[e]with Yourself, with the glory ^(AE)which I had with You before the world was.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

^6 (AF)“I have ^[f]manifested Your name to the men ^(AG)whom You have given Me out of the world. ^(AH)They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. ⁷ Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. ⁸ For I have given to them the words ^(AI)which You have given Me; and they have received them, ^(AJ)and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that ^(AK)You sent Me.

⁹ “I pray for them. ^(AL)I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours. ¹⁰ And all Mine are Yours, and ^(AM)Yours are Mine, and I am glorified in them. ^11 (AN)Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, ^(AO)keep^[g] through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one ^(AP)as We are. ¹² While I was with them ^[h]in the world, ^(AQ)I kept them in ^[i]Your name. Those whom You gave Me I have kept; and ^(AR)none of them is ^[j]lost ^(AS)except the son of ^[k]perdition, ^(AT)that the Scripture might be fulfilled. ¹³ But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. ¹⁴ I have given them Your word; ^(AU)and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, ^(AV)just as I am not of the world. ¹⁵ I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but ^(AW)that You should keep them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. ^17 (AX)Sanctify^[l] them by Your truth. ^(AY)Your word is truth. ^18 (AZ)As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ And ^(BA)for their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

²⁰ “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who ^[m]will believe in Me through their word; ^21 (BB)that they all may be one, as ^(BC)You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. ²² And the ^(BD)glory which You gave Me I have given them, ^(BE)that they may be one just as We are one: ²³ I in them, and You in Me; ^(BF)that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

^24 (BG)“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; ^(BH)for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. ²⁵ O righteous Father! ^(BI)The world has not known You, but ^(BJ)I have known You; and ^(BK)these have known that You sent Me. ^26 (BL)And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love ^(BM)with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”