John 16:12-19

New King James Version

¹² “I still have many things to say to you, ^(A)but you cannot bear them now. ¹³ However, when He, ^(B)the Spirit of truth, has come, ^(C)He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. ^14 (D)He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. ^15 (E)All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He ^[a]will take of Mine and declare it to you.

Sorrow Will Turn to Joy

¹⁶ “A ^(F)little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, ^(G)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 ^[b]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’?