John 16:28

First Nations Version

You now believe that I came from the Great Spirit. Yes, I came into this world from the Father, and now I am leaving this world and returning to the Father.”

Cross References

John 13:1

The Passover festival was drawing near. Creator Sets Free (Jesus) knew it was time to leave this world and go back to his Father. His love for the ones who walked the road with him had always been great, and now, at the end, his love for them remained strong.

John 13:3

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) knew that his Father had put all things in his hands and that he had come from the Great Spirit and was returning to him.

John 8:14

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered them, “If I am the only one who speaks for myself, my words are still true. I know where I came from and where I am going. You are the ones who do not know where I came from or where I am going.

John 16:5

but now I am going away. “I am returning to the one who sent me, but none of you are asking, ‘Where are you going?’ You are thinking only of yourselves

John 17:5

It is now time, my Father, for you to honor me with the beauty I shared at your side before you created all things.

John 16:16

“Soon I will be gone and you will not be able to see me, and then after a little while you will see me again.”

John 14:28

I told you I am going away and that I will come back. This should make your hearts glad if you truly love me, for I am going to the one who is greater than I am—to my Father, the One Above Us All.

Luke 24:51

and as he spoke, he was taken up into the spirit-world above.

John 17:13

“I am returning to you now. But while I am still here, I pray for my followers, so they may share in my joy.

John 17:11

“Since I am returning to you, I will no longer be in the world, but my followers will still be here. O Father of all that is holy, watch over them with the loving care that we share with one another. In this way, they will also share the love that makes us one.

Luke 9:51

His work on earth was coming to an end, and Creator Sets Free (Jesus) would soon be returning to the spirit-world above. So he drew strength from deep within and made up his mind to go to the Sacred Village of Peace (Jerusalem) and finish what his Father sent him to do.

John 8:42

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) told them, “If the Great Spirit were truly your Father, you would love me and show respect, for I came from him. I did not send myself. He is the one who sent me.

John 16:10

The right ways of the spirit-world above will come when I return to the Father and they no longer see me.

John 16:30

We now see that you know all things and can answer a question before it is asked. This helps us to believe that you came from the Great Spirit.”