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John 16:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“After a short time you won’t see me. Then after another short time you will see me again.”

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Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer. Then I will go back to the one who sent me.

This was after his death, but he showed them that he was alive, proving it to them in many ways. The apostles saw Jesus many times during the 40 days after he was raised from death. He spoke to them about God’s kingdom.

I came from the Father into the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

It is the same with you. Now you are sad, but I will see you again, and you will be happy. You will have a joy that no one can take away.

We must never stop looking to Jesus. He is the leader of our faith, and he is the one who makes our faith complete. He suffered death on a cross. But he accepted the shame of the cross as if it were nothing because of the joy he could see waiting for him. And now he is sitting at the right side of God’s throne.

The Father had given Jesus power over everything. Jesus knew this. He also knew that he had come from God. And he knew that he was going back to God.

Now I am going back to the one who sent me. And none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

Jesus said, “My children, I will be with you only a short time more. You will look for me, but I tell you now what I told the Jewish leaders: Where I am going you cannot come.

Then Jesus said, “The light will be with you for only a short time more. So walk while you have the light. Then the darkness will not catch you. People who walk in the darkness don’t know where they are going.

After the Lord Jesus said these things to his followers, he was carried up into heaven. There, Jesus sat at the right side of God.

“I am coming to you now. But I pray these things while I am still in the world. I say all this so that these followers can have the true happiness that I have. I want them to be completely happy.

And now, Father, give me glory with you. Give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

He will show them how wrong they are about how to be right with God. The Helper will do this, because I am going to the Father. You will not see me then.




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