A moment in scripture
John 16:6
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
The surrounding passage
- John 16:4
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
- John 16:5
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
- John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
- John 16:8
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.