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"^(C1)A little while, and ^(C2)you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and ^(C3)you will see Me."

So some of His disciples said to one another, "What is this that He is telling us, '^(C1)A little while, and you are not going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because ^(C2)I am going to the Father'?"

So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."

^(C1)Jesus knew that they wanted to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, 'A little while, and you are not going to see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me'?

"Truly, truly I say to you that ^(C1)you will weep and mourn, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but ^(C2)your grief will be turned into joy!

"^(C1)Whenever a woman is in labor she has ^(F1)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 ^(F2)child has been born into the world.

"Therefore ^(C1)you too have grief now; but ^(C2)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one is going to take your joy away from you.

"And ^(C1)on that day ^(C2)you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly I say to you, ^(C3)if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you.

"^(C1)Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your ^(C2)joy may be made full.

"These things I have spoken to you in ^(C1)figures of speech; ^(C2)an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

"^(C1)On that day ^(C2)you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

for ^(C1)the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and ^(C2)have believed that ^(C3)I came forth from the Father.

"^(C1)I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and ^(C2)going to the Father."

His disciples ^(*)said, "See, now You are speaking plainly and are not ^(F1)using any ^(C1)figure of speech.

"Now we know that You know all things, and that You have no need for anyone to question You; this is why we ^(C1)believe that You ^(C2)came forth from God."

Jesus replied to them, "Do you now believe?

"Behold, ^(C1)an hour is coming, and has already come, for ^(C2)you to be scattered, each to ^(C3)his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet ^(C4)I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

"These things I have spoken to you so that ^(C1)in Me you may have peace. ^(C2)In the world you have tribulation, but ^(C3)take courage; ^(C4)I have overcome the world."