John 16:20
Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.John 16:20 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યોહાન ૧૬:૨૦
- હું તમને નિશ્ચે કહું છું કે, ‘તમે રડશો અને શોક કરશો, પણ આ જગત આનંદ કરશે; તમે ઉદાસ થશો, પણ તમારી ઉદાસી આનંદમાં પલટાઈ જશે.’”
- हिन्दी — यूहन्ना १६:२०
- मैं तुम से सच-सच कहता हूँ; कि तुम रोओगे और विलाप करोगे, परन्तु संसार आनन्द करेगा: तुम्हें शोक होगा, परन्तु तुम्हारा शोक आनन्द बन जाएगा।
In context
18They said therefore, “What is this that he says, ‘A little while’ ? We don’t know what he is saying.”
19Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, “Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
20Most certainly I tell you that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
21A woman, when she gives birth, has sorrow because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she doesn’t remember the anguish any more, for the joy that a human being is born into the world.
22Therefore 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.
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