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"A little while, and you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me."

A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.

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

Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go 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."

They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

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'?

Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

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

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

"Whenever 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.

A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

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

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

"And on 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.

And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

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

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

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

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.

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

At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father.

For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.

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

I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.

His disciples said, "See, now You are speaking plainly and are not using any figure of speech.

His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.

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

Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.

Jesus replied to them, "Do you now believe?

Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?

"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.

Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

"These things I have spoken to you so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world."

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.