John 16:19-24

19 ¹Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, ²you will weep and lament, but ³the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ⁴your sorrow will turn into joy.

21 ⁵When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

22 ⁶So also you have sorrow now, but ⁷I will see you again, and ⁸your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

23 ⁹In that day you will ¹⁰ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹¹whatever you ask of the Father in my name, ¹²he will give it to you.

24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. ¹³Ask, and you will receive, ¹⁴that your joy may be full.