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The Book of John, Chapter 16, Verse 21

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‹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.›
King James Version
‹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.›
American Standard Version
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
New English Translation
Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.
World English Bible
A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow, because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn't remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
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‹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.›
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‹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.›
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‹Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.›
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‹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.›
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‹At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:›
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‹For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.›
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‹I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.›
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His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
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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.
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Jesus answered them, ‹Do ye now believe?›