¹⁸ I will not leave you as orphans;^(A) I will come to you.^{(B) 19} Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.^(C) Because I live, you also will live.^{(D) 20} On that day^(E) you will realize that I am in my Father,^(F) and you are in me, and I am in you.^{(G) 21} Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.^(H) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,^(I) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

²² Then Judas^(J) (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?”^(K)

²³ Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching.^(L) My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.^{(M) 24} Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.^(N)

The Disciples’ Grief Will Turn to Joy

¹⁶ Jesus went on to say, “In a little while^(A) you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”^(B)

¹⁷ At this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’^(C) and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”^{(D) 18} They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”

¹⁹ Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? ²⁰ Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn^(E) while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.^{(F) 21} A woman giving birth to a child has pain^(G) because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world. ²² So with you: Now is your time of grief,^(H) but I will see you again^(I) and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.^{(J) 23} In that day^(K) you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.^{(L) 24} Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive,^(M) and your joy will be complete.^(N)