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20 Truly, truly, I say to you, that (A)you will cry and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but (B)your sorrow will be turned into joy. 21 (C)Whenever a woman is in labor she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the suffering because of the joy that a [a]child has been born into the world. 22 Therefore (D)you too have sorrow now; but (E)I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

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  1. John 16:21 Lit human being