John 14:28

Modern English Version

“You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and am returning to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice, because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.

Cross References

Psalm 68:18

You have ascended on high, leading captives in your train; You have received gifts among men, even from the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell there.

Psalm 68:9

You, O God, shed abroad a plentiful rain; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was weary.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold My servant, whom I uphold, My chosen one, in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 53:11

He shall see of the anguish of his soul and be satisfied. By his knowledge My righteous servant shall justify the many, for he shall bear their iniquities.

Matthew 12:18

“Behold, My Servant, whom I have chosen, My Beloved, in whom My soul is well pleased; I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He will render judgment to the Gentiles.

John 10:38

But if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

John 13:16

Truly, truly I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is he who is sent greater than he who sent him.

John 14:12

Truly, truly I say to you, he who believes in Me will do the works that I do also. And he will do greater works than these, because I am going to My Father.

John 14:18

I will not leave you fatherless. I will come to you.

John 16:7

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is expedient for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send Him to you.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go to My brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’ ”

John 20:21

So Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As My Father has sent Me, even so I send you.”

John 5:18

So the Jews sought even more to kill Him, because He not only had broken the Sabbath, but also said that God was His Father, making Himself equal with God.

John 7:33

Then Jesus said to them, “I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I go to Him who sent Me.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I would have you know that the head of the woman is the man, the head of every man is Christ, and the head of Christ is God.

1 Peter 1:8

whom, having not seen, you love; and in whom, though you do not see Him now, you believe and you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

Revelation 1:11

saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and “What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”