John 16:28

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I came from the Father into the world, but I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.

Cross References

Luke 24:51

As he was doing this, he left and was taken up to heaven.

Luke 9:51

Not long before it was time for Jesus to be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind to go to Jerusalem.

John 13:1

It was before Passover, and Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and to return to the Father. He had always loved his followers in this world, and he loved them to the very end.

John 13:3

Jesus knew that he had come from God and would go back to God. He also knew that the Father had given him complete power.

John 14:28

You have already heard me say that I am going and that I will also come back to you. If you really love me, you should be glad that I am going back to the Father, because he is greater than I am.

John 16:10

They are wrong about God's justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me again.

John 16:16

Jesus told his disciples, “For a little while you won't see me, but after a while you will see me.”

John 16:30

At last we know that you understand everything, and we don't have any more questions. Now we believe that you truly have come from God.”

John 16:5

But now I am going back to the Father who sent me, and none of you asks me where I am going.

John 17:11

Holy Father, I am no longer in the world. I am coming to you, but my followers are still in the world. So keep them safe by the power of the name that you have given me. Then they will be one with each other, just as you and I are one.

John 17:13

I am on my way to you. But I say these things while I am still in the world, so that my followers will have the same complete joy that I do.

John 17:5

Now, Father, give me back the glory that I had with you before the world was created.

John 8:14

Jesus replied: Even if I do speak for myself, what I say is true! I know where I came from and where I am going. But you don't know where I am from or where I am going.

John 8:42

Jesus answered: If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and only from him. He sent me. I did not come on my own.