John 16:6
Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.
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- John 14:1 : 1 Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.
- John 16:20-22 : 20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy. 21 When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world. 22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
- John 20:11-15 : 11 But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus’ body had been lying, one at the head and one at the feet. 13 They said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping?” Mary replied,“They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!” 14 When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. 15 Jesus said to her,“Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?” Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him,“Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him.”
- John 14:27-28 : 27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage. 28 You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
- Luke 22:45 : 45 When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief.
- Luke 24:17 : 17 Then he said to them,“What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?” And they stood still, looking sad.
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- John 16:7-82 verses83%
7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment–
- John 16:22-287 verses81%
22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
23 At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete.
25 “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
26 At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
- John 16:3-53 verses80%
3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me.
4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.
5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’
- John 16:15-206 verses79%
15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
16 In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”
17 Then some of his disciples said to one another,“What is the meaning of what he is saying,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and,‘because I am going to the Father’?”
18 So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”
19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?
20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.
- John 16:10-123 verses76%
10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;
11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
- John 14:25-317 verses74%
25 “I have spoken these things while staying with you.
26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.
28 You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.
30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me,
31 but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.
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11 I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete.
- John 14:16-194 verses73%
16 Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever–
17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.
18 “I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.
19 In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.
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1 “I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.
- John 16:32-332 verses73%
32 Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.
33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage– I have conquered the world.”
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33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
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13 But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves.
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26 When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father– the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father– he will testify about me,
- John 8:21-222 verses71%
21 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”
22 So the Jewish leaders began to say,“Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says,‘Where I am going you cannot come.’”
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21 When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified,“I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”
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4 And you know the way where I am going.”
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67 So Jesus said to the twelve,“You don’t want to go away too, do you?”
- John 7:33-342 verses69%
33 Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
- John 14:1-22 verses69%
1 Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.
2 There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.
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36 Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
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36 But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.