John 16:15-25

15 "1All 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 "2A little while, and 3you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and 4you will see Me."
17 Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, '5A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because 6I 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 7Jesus 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 8you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but 9your grief will be turned into joy.
21 "10Whenever 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.
22 "Therefore 11you too have grief now; but 12I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Prayer Promises

23 "13In that day 14you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, 15if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.
24 "16Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your 17joy may be made full.
25 "These things I have spoken to you in 18figurative language; 19an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father.

Cross References 19

  • 1. John 17:10
  • 2. John 7:33
  • 3. John 14:18-24; John 16:16-24
  • 4. John 16:22
  • 5. John 16:16
  • 6. John 16:5
  • 7. Mark 9:32; John 6:61
  • 8. Mark 16:10; Luke 23:27
  • 9. John 20:20
  • 10. Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 66:7; Hosea 13:13; Micah 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
  • 11. John 16:6
  • 12. John 16:16
  • 13. John 14:20; John 16:26
  • 14. John 16:19, 30
  • 15. John 15:16
  • 16. John 14:14
  • 17. John 3:29; John 15:11
  • 18. Matthew 13:34; John 10:6; John 16:29
  • 19. John 16:2

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. Lit "grief"
  • [b]. Lit "human being"
  • [c]. Lit "proverbs;" or "figures of speech"
  • [d]. Lit "proverbs;" or "figures of speech"
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