“Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. John 16 contains 33 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.