15. Everything the Father has is Mine. This is why I told you that He takes from what is Mine and will declare it to you.
16. “A little while and you will no longer see Me; again a little while and you will see Me.”
17. Therefore some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this He tells us: ‘A little while and you will not see Me; again a little while and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’ ? ”
18. They said, “What is this He is saying, ‘A little while’? We don’t know what He’s talking about! ”
19. Jesus knew they wanted to question Him, so He said to them, “Are you asking one another about what I said, ‘A little while and you will not see Me; again a little while and you will see Me’?
20. “I assure you: You will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice. You will become sorrowful, but your sorrow will turn to joy.
21. When a woman is in labor she has pain because her time has come. But when she has given birth to a child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a person has been born into the world.
22. So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will rob you of your joy.