John 16:32

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The time will come and is already here when all of you will be scattered. Each of you will go back home and leave me by myself. But the Father will be with me, and I won't be alone.

Cross References

Zechariah 13:7

The LORD All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.

Matthew 26:31

Jesus said to his disciples, “During this very night, all of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Matthew 26:56

But all this happened, so that what the prophets wrote would come true.” All Jesus' disciples left him and ran away.

Mark 14:27

Jesus said to his disciples, “All of you will reject me, as the Scriptures say, ‘I will strike down the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’

Mark 14:50

All Jesus' disciples ran off and left him.

John 12:23

Jesus said: The time has come for the Son of Man to be given his glory.

John 16:2

You will be chased out of the Jewish meeting places. And the time will come when people will kill you and think they are doing God a favour.

John 16:25

I have used examples to explain to you what I have been talking about. But the time will come when I will speak to you plainly about the Father and will no longer use examples like these.

John 16:31

Jesus replied: Do you really believe me?

John 19:27

Then he said to the disciple, “She is now your mother.” From then on, that disciple took her into his own home.

John 20:10

So the two of them went back to the other disciples.

John 4:21

Jesus said to her: Believe me, the time is coming when you won't worship the Father either on this mountain or in Jerusalem.

John 4:23

But a time is coming, and it is already here! Even now the true worshippers are being led by the Spirit to worship the Father according to the truth. These are the ones the Father is seeking to worship him.

John 5:25

I tell you for certain that the time will come, and it is already here, when all the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen to it will live!

John 5:28

Don't be surprised! The time will come when all the dead will hear the voice of the Son of Man,

John 8:16

If I did judge, I would judge fairly, because I would not be doing it alone. The Father who sent me is here with me.

John 8:29

The one who sent me is with me. I always do what pleases him, and he will never leave me.”

Acts 21:6

Then after saying goodbye to each other, we got into the ship, and they went back home.

Acts 8:1

Saul approved the stoning of Stephen. Some faithful followers of the Lord buried Stephen and mourned very much for him. At that time the church in Jerusalem suffered terribly. All the Lord's followers, except the apostles, were scattered everywhere in Judea and Samaria.