John 16:16-19

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

16  a “A little while, and you will see me no longer; and b again a little while, and you will see me.” 17 So c some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, d ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, e because I am going to the Father?” 18 So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while? f We do not know what he is talking about.” 19  g Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
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