Joh 16:20-21 | ESV | STEP | Truly , truly , I say to you , you will weep and lament , but the world will rejoice . You will be sorrowful , but your sorrow will turn into joy .

d Isa. 26:17; [Ps. 48:6; Isa. 13:8; 1 Thess. 5:3; Rev. 12:2]

‏ John 16:20-21

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^ayou will weep and lament, but ^bthe world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^cyour sorrow will turn into joy. 21 ^dWhen a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.