John 16:11-21

11 1and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
12 "I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot * bear them now.
13 "But when He, 2the Spirit of truth, comes, He will 3guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.
14 "He will 4glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.
15 "5All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore * I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.

Jesus' Death and Resurrection Foretold

16 "6A little while, and 7you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and 8you will see Me."
17 Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, '9A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because 10I go 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 11Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberating together * about this, that I said, '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, that 12you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but 13your grief will be turned into joy.
21 "14Whenever a woman is in labor she has 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 child has been born into the world.

Cross References 14

  • 1. John 12:31
  • 2. John 14:17
  • 3. John 14:26
  • 4. John 7:39
  • 5. John 17:10
  • 6. John 7:33
  • 7. John 14:18-24; John 16:16-24
  • 8. John 16:22
  • 9. John 16:16
  • 10. John 16:5
  • 11. Mark 9:32; John 6:61
  • 12. Mark 16:10; Luke 23:27
  • 13. John 20:20
  • 14. Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 66:7; Hosea 13:13; Micah 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3

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