John 16:20-22

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, ¹you will weep and lament, but ²the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ³your sorrow will turn into joy.

21 ⁴When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.

22 ⁵So also you have sorrow now, but ⁶I will see you again, and ⁷your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 9:15; Mark 16:10; Luke 23:27
• 2. [Revelation 11:10]
• 3. Jeremiah 31:13; See Matthew 5:4
• 4. Isaiah 26:17; [Psalms 48:6; Isaiah 13:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Revelation 12:2]
• 5. ver. 6; [2 Corinthians 6:10]
• 6. [ver. 16]
• 7. Psalms 33:21; Isaiah 66:14; Luke 24:52; Acts 2:46; Acts 8:8, 39; Acts 13:52