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Some of His disciplesthensaid to oneanother, "What is thisthing He is telling us, 'A littlewhile, and you will not see Me; and again a littlewhile, and you will see Me'; and, 'because I go to the Father '?"
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Jesusknew 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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"Whenever 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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"In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.
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"Thesethings I have spoken to you in figurativelanguage; an hour is comingwhen I will nolongerspeak to you in figurativelanguage, but will tell you plainly of the Father.
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"Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.