Jesus’ Death and Resurrection Foretold

¹⁶ “^(A)A little while, and ^(B)you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and ^(C)you will see Me.” ¹⁷ So some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He is telling us, ‘^(D)A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because ^(E)I am going to the Father’?” ¹⁸ So they were saying, “What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about.” ^19 (F)Jesus knew that they wanted to question Him, and He said to them, “Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you are not going to see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? ²⁰ Truly, truly I say to you that ^(G)you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(H)your grief will be turned into joy! ^21 (I)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 ^(J)you too have grief now; but ^(K)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

²³ And ^(L)on that day ^(M)you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, ^(N)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. ^24 (O)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(P)joy may be made full.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you in ^(Q)figures of speech; ^(R)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father. ^26 (S)On that day ^(T)you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; ²⁷ for ^(U)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^(V)have believed that ^(W)I came forth from the Father. ^28 (X)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and ^(Y)going to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples *said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^[c]using any ^(Z)figure of speech. ³⁰ Now we know that You know all things, and that You have no need for anyone to question You; this is why we ^(AA)believe that You ^(AB)came forth from God.” ³¹ Jesus replied to them, “Do you now believe? ³² Behold, ^(AC)an hour is coming, and has already come, for ^(AD)you to be scattered, each to ^(AE)his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ^(AF)I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. ³³ These things I have spoken to you so that ^(AG)in Me you may have peace. ^(AH)In the world you have tribulation, but ^(AI)take courage; ^(AJ)I have overcome the world.”