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"A little while, and ye behold Me no more; and again a little while,
and ye shall see Me. Some of His disciples therefore said one to
another, What is this that He saith unto us, A little while, and ye
behold Me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me: and,
Because I go to the Father? They said therefore, What is this that
He saith, A little while? We know not what He saith. Jesus perceived
that they were desirous to ask Him, and He said unto them, Do ye
inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little
while, and ye behold Me not, and again a little while, and ye shall
see Me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and
lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your
sorrow shall be turned into joy. 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. And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will
see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one
taketh away from you. And in that day ye shall ask Me nothing.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the
Father, He will give it you in My name. Hitherto have ye asked
nothing in My name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be
fulfilled. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: the hour
cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but shall
tell you plainly of the Father. In that day ye shall ask in My name:
and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you; for the
Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have
believed that I came forth from the Father. I came out from the
Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go
unto the Father. His disciples say, Lo, now speakest Thou plainly,
and speakest no proverb. Now know we that Thou knowest all things,
and needest not that any man should ask Thee: by this we believe
that Thou camest forth from God. Jesus answered them, Do ye now
believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be
scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave Me alone: and yet I
am not alone, because the Father is with Me. These things have I
spoken unto you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the
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