John 16:20-28

New American Standard Bible 1995

²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, that ^(A)you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(B)your grief will be turned into joy. ^21 (C)Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^[a]pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a ^[b]child has been born into the world. ²² Therefore ^(D)you too have grief now; but ^(E)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

^23 (F)In that day ^(G)you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(H)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. ^24 (I)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(J)joy may be made full.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in ^[c](K)figurative language; ^(L)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in ^[d]figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. ^26 (M)In that day ^(N)you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; ²⁷ for ^(O)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^(P)have believed that ^(Q)I came forth from the Father. ^28 (R)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and ^(S)going to the Father.”