John 16:22

"So you also have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your heart will rejoice, and your joy shall no man snatch away from you.

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

In Context

21"A woman in labor has grief because her hour is come; but when she has given birth to the babe she no longer remembers her anguish, because of joy that a child has been born into the world.

23"And in that day you will ask me no questions. Most solemnly I tell you that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

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Cross References

Luke 10:42"only one thing is really necessary. Mary, moreover, has chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her."

Matthew Henry on John 16:17-23

Christ's Departure and Return; Sorrow and Joy Foretold. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were… Read the whole commentary →

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