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"He will 1glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.
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"2Allthings that the Fatherhas are Mine; therefore* I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
Jesus' Death and Resurrection Foretold
16"3A littlewhile, and 4you will nolongersee Me; and again a littlewhile, and 5you will see Me."
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Some of His disciplesthensaid to oneanother, "What is thisthing He is telling us, '6A littlewhile, and you will not see Me; and again a littlewhile, and you will see Me'; and, 'because7I go to the Father '?"
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So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A littlewhile '? We do not knowwhat He is talking about."
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8Jesusknew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberatingtogether*aboutthis, that I said, 'A littlewhile, and you will not see Me, and again a littlewhile, and you will see Me'?
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, that 9you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but 10your grief will be turned into joy.
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"11Whenever a woman is in labor she haspain, because her hour has come; but when she givesbirth to the child, she nolongerremembers the anguishbecause of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
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"Therefore12you toohavegriefnow; but 13I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and noone will take your joyaway from you.
Prayer Promises
23"14In that day15you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, 16if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.
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"17Untilnow you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your 18joy may be madefull.