John 16:16 References
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"aA little while, and byou will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and cyou will see Me."
b John 14:18-24, John 16:16-24
John 14
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"aAfter a little while bthe world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; cbecause I live, you will live also.
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"aHe who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and bhe who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will cdisclose Myself to him."
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aJudas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, what then has happened bthat You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?"
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Jesus answered and said to him, "aIf anyone loves Me, he will bkeep My word; and cMy Father will love him, and We dwill come to him and make Our abode with him.
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"He who does not love Me adoes not keep My words; and bthe word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me.
John 16
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"aA little while, and byou will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and cyou will see Me."
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Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, 'aA little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because bI go to the Father'?"
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So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about."
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aJesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, 'A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me'?
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"Truly, truly, I say to you, that ayou will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but byour grief will be turned into joy.
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"aWhenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world.
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"Therefore ayou too have grief now; but bI will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.