"Now
you are speaking clearly
and without figures of speech."
"I tell
you the truth, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You
will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy."
(16:20)
"Then
Jesus' disciples said, "Now we can see that you
know all things and that you do not even need to have anyone ask you
questions. This makes us believe that you came from God."
Illustration:
"A woman giving birth
to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby
is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is
born into the world."
(v. 21)
"'You believe at
last!'
Jesus answered. 'But..."
You will be scattered.
You will leave me all alone.
Yet, my Father is with me.
"I have told you
these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you
will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome
the world."
(v.33)