Sorrow Will Turn to Joy

16 “In a little while you will [fn]not see me; and again after a little while, you will see [fn]me, for I am going to the Father.” 17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to us, ‘In a little while you are not going to see me; and again after a little while, you will see me,’ and, ‘For I am going to the Father’?” 18 So they kept saying, “What does he mean by saying, ‘A little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.” 19 Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while, you will not see me; and again after a little while, you will see me’? 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy. 21 When a woman is giving birth, she has pain because her hour has come, but when her baby is born, she no longer remembers the anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world. 22 So you also have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. 23 In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father [fn]in my name he will give you. 24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask, and you will receive, so that your joy may be full.