John 16:21 · WEB
“A 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.”
— John 16:21
Era
Life of Jesus (~30 AD)
Emotion
joyful
Type
narrative
Emotional genome
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