John 16:5

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

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

Cross References

John 13:36

Simon Peter asked Jesus, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going you cannot follow now. But you will follow later.”

John 7:33

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

John 16:28

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

John 17:4

I finished the work you gave me to do. I brought you glory on earth.

John 16:10

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.

Hebrews 12:2

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.

Hebrews 1:3

The Son shows the glory of God. He is a perfect copy of God’s nature, and he holds everything together by his powerful command. The Son made people clean from their sins. Then he sat down at the right side of God, the Great One in heaven.

John 13:3

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.

John 16:16

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

John 14:28

You heard me say to you, ‘I am leaving, but I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be happy that I am going back to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

John 6:62

Then what will you think when you see the Son of Man going up to where he came from?

John 17:13

“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.

John 16:17

Some of the followers said to each other, “What does he mean when he says, ‘After a short time you won’t see me. Then after another short time you will see me again’? And what does he mean when he says, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”