John 16:10-20

10 ¹concerning righteousness, ²because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;

11 ³concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world ⁴is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

13 When ⁵the Spirit of truth comes, ⁶he will ⁷guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but ⁸whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

14 He will ⁹glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

15 ¹⁰All that the Father has is mine; ¹¹therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

16 ¹²“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and ¹³again a little while, and you will see me. ”

17 So ¹⁴some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ¹⁵‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ¹⁶‘because I am going to the Father’? ”

18 So they were saying, “What does he mean by‘a little while’? ¹⁷We do not know what he is talking about. ”

19 ¹⁸Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘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, ¹⁹you will weep and lament, but ²⁰the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ²¹your sorrow will turn into joy.

Cross References

• 1. 16:10 [Acts 17:31]
• 2. 16:10 ver. 16, 17, 19
• 3. 16:11 See ch. 12:31
• 4. 16:11 [Col. 2:15; Heb. 2:14]
• 5. 16:13 See ch. 14:17
• 6. 16:13 See ch. 14:26
• 7. 16:13 Acts 8:31; [ch. 1:17; 14:6; Ps. 25:5]
• 8. 16:13 [ch. 15:15]
• 9. 16:14 See ch. 7:39
• 10. 16:15 ch. 17:10
• 11. 16:15 ver. 14
• 12. 16:16 See ch. 7:33
• 13. 16:16 [ver. 22]
• 14. 16:17 [Mark 9:10, 32]
• 15. 16:17 ver. 16
• 16. 16:17 ver. 10
• 17. 16:18 [ch. 14:5]
• 18. 16:19 [ver. 30]; See ch. 2:24, 25
• 19. 16:20 Matt. 9:15; Mark 16:10; Luke 23:27
• 20. 16:20 [Rev. 11:10]
• 21. 16:20 Jer. 31:13; See Matt. 5:4