16"1A littlewhile, and 2you will nolongersee Me; and again a littlewhile, and 3you will see Me."
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Some of His disciplesthensaid to oneanother, "What is thisthing He is telling us, '4A littlewhile, and you will not see Me; and again a littlewhile, and you will see Me'; and, 'because5I 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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6Jesusknew 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 7you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but 8your grief will be turned into joy.
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"9Whenever 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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"Therefore10you toohavegriefnow; but 11I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and noone will take your joyaway from you.