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Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, ye, but the world shall rejoice; and ye will be grieved, but your grief shall be turned to joy.
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A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief because her hour has come; but when the child is born, she no longer remembers the trouble, on account of the joy that a man has been born into the world.
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And ye now therefore have grief; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.
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And in that day ye shall demand nothing of me: verily, verily, I say to you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
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Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
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These things I have spoken to you in allegories; the hour is coming that I will no longer speak to you in allegories, but will declare to you openly concerning the Father.
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In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will demand of the Father for you,
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for the Father himself has affection for you, because ye have had affection for me, and have believed that I came out from God.
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I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I leave the world and go to the Father.
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His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speakest openly and utterest no allegory.
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Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast not need that any one should demand of thee. By this we believe that thou art come from God.