John 16:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

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  • John 14:1 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.
  • John 16:20-22 : 20 Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. 21 A woman, when she is in labor, has sorrow because her hour has come: but as soon as she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a man has been born into the world. 22 And now you have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
  • John 20:11-15 : 11 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping, and as she wept, she stooped down and looked into the tomb, 12 And saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. 13 And they said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? She said to them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid him. 14 And when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you weeping? Whom do you seek? She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have taken him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.
  • John 14:27-28 : 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 28 You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
  • Luke 22:45 : 45 And when he rose from prayer, and came to his disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow,
  • Luke 24:17 : 17 And he said to them, What are these things you are discussing with each other as you walk, and are sad?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 16:7-8
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    7Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; it is beneficial for you that I go away: for if I do not go away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I leave, I will send him to you.

    8And when he has come, he will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment:

  • John 16:22-28
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    81%

    22And now you have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.

    23And in that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.

    24Until now you have asked nothing in my name: ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be complete.

    25I have spoken these things to you in proverbs: but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but I will show you plainly about the Father.

    26In that day you will ask in my name: and I do not say to you that I will pray the Father for you:

    27For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came from God.

    28I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

  • John 16:3-5
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    3And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.

    4But I have told you these things, so when the time comes, you may remember I told you about them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

    5But now I go to Him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'

  • John 16:15-20
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    79%

    15All things that the Father has are mine: therefore, I said he will take of mine, and show it to you.

    16In a little while you will not see me: and again, in a little while, you will see me, because I go to the Father.

    17Then some of his disciples said among themselves, 'What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me: and, Because I go to the Father?'

    18They said therefore, 'What is this that he says, A little while? We do not understand what he is saying.'

    19Now Jesus knew they wanted to ask him and said to them, 'Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me?'

    20Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice: and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

  • John 16:10-12
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    10Of righteousness, because I go to my Father and you see me no more;

    11Of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

    12I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

  • John 14:25-31
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    25These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.

    26But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I have said to you.

    27Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

    28You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

    29And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that when it does come to pass, you might believe.

    30Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world is coming, and he has nothing in me.

    31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

  • John 15:11
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    11These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

  • John 14:16-19
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    16And I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Helper, that he may abide with you forever;

    17The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you and will be in you.

    18I will not leave you as orphans: I will come to you.

    19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you will live also.

  • John 16:1
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    1I have spoken these things to you so that you may not be offended.

  • John 16:32-33
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    32Behold, the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.

    33I have spoken these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

  • John 13:33
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    33Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews, Where I am going, you cannot come, so now I say to you.

  • John 17:13
    72%

    13And now I come to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.

  • John 15:26
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    26But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of me.

  • John 8:21-22
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    21Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

    22Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself? because he says, Where I go, you cannot come.

  • John 13:21
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    21When Jesus had said these things, he was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray me.

  • John 14:4
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    4And where I go you know, and the way you know.

  • John 6:67
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    67Then Jesus said to the twelve, Will you also go away?

  • John 7:33-34
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    33Then Jesus said to them, I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to him who sent me.

    34You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.

  • John 14:1-2
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    1Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me.

    2In my Father's house are many rooms: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

  • John 13:36
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    36Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus answered him, Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you shall follow me afterward.

  • John 6:36
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    36But I said to you, that you also have seen me, and do not believe.