John 16:20

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“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.”

— WEB

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”

— KJV

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.”

— ASV

Cross-references

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James 1:2 "Count it all joy, my brothers,The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sister…"
Matthew 5:4 "Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.Isaiah 61:2; 66:10,13"
Revelation 7:14-17 "I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, and made…"
Psalms 126:5-6 "Those who sow in tears will reap in joy."
Mark 16:10 "She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept."
2 Corinthians 6:10 "as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."
1 Peter 1:6-8 "Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials,"
Jeremiah 31:25 "For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.”"

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