John 16:20-22

20 "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.

21 "³Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.

22 "Therefore ⁴you too have grief now; but ⁵I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 16:10; Luke 23:27
• 2. John 20:20
• 3. Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 26:17; Isaiah 66:7; Hosea 13:13; Micah 4:9; 1 Thessalonians 5:3
• 4. John 16:6
• 5. John 16:16

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "grief"
• [b] Lit "human being"