John 16:16-24 - Jesus Predicts His Return To The Disciples

¹⁶ "In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again."

¹⁷ Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What does he mean when he tells us, 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?" ¹⁸ So they kept saying "What does he mean by 'In a little while'? We do not know what he is talking about."

¹⁹ Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him a question, and he said to them, "Are you asking one another about my saying 'In a little while you will not see me any longer, and a little while after, you will see me again'?

²⁰ I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world will be happy; you will grieve, but your grief will change to happiness. ²¹ When a woman is in labor she is sorrowful, for her time has come; but when the child is born, she forgets her pain in her joy that a human being has been brought into the world. ²² So you, too, are sorrowful now; but I will see you again, and your hearts will be happy, and no one will rob you of your happiness. ²³ When that time comes, you will not ask me any questions; I tell you, whatever you ask the Father for, he will give you as my followers. ²⁴ Hitherto you have not asked for anything as my followers, but now ask, and you will receive, so that your happiness may be complete.