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"Truly, truly, I say to you, that 1you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but 2your grief will be turned into joy.
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"3Whenever 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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"Therefore4you toohavegriefnow; but 5I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and noone will take your joyaway from you.
Prayer Promises
23"6In that day7you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, 8if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.
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"9Untilnow you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your 10joy may be madefull.
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"Thesethings I have spoken to you in 11figurativelanguage; 12an hour is comingwhen I will nolongerspeak to you in figurativelanguage, but will tell you plainly of the Father.
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"13In that day14you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;
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for 15the FatherHimselfloves you, because you have loved Me and 16have believed that 17I cameforth from the Father.
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"18I cameforth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the worldagain and 19going to the Father."
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His disciplessaid, "Lo, now You are speakingplainly and are not using20a figure of speech.
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"Now we know that You knowallthings, and havenoneed for anyone to question You; by this we 21believe that You 22came from God."