John 20:17

Modern English Version

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.’ ”

Cross References

2 Kings 4:29

Then he said to Gehazi, “Prepare yourself, take my staff in your hand, and go. If you find anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him, and lay my staff on the face of the boy.”

2 Kings 7:9

Then they said to one another, “We are not doing right today. This is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until the morning light, we will be found guilty. Let us go now and enter the city and tell the king’s household.”

Psalm 22:22

I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise You.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and with the harp I will praise You, O God, my God.

Psalm 48:14

that this is God, our God forever and ever; He will be our guide forever.

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 89:26

He shall cry to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.’

Isaiah 41:10

Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, I will help you, yes, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Jeremiah 31:33

But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law within them and write it in their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

Jeremiah 32:38

And they shall be My people, and I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:28

You will dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers. And you will be My people, and I will be your God.

Ezekiel 37:27

My tabernacle also shall be with them. Indeed, I will be their God and they shall be My people.

Matthew 12:50

For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven is My brother, and sister, and mother.”

Matthew 25:40

“The King will answer, ‘Truly I say to you, as you have done it for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you have done it for Me.’

Matthew 28:7

Then go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead, and behold, He is going before you to Galilee. There you will see Him. Listen, I have told you.”

Mark 12:26

Now concerning the dead rising, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the account about the bush, how God spoke to him, saying, ‘I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob’ ?

Mark 16:19

After the Lord had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat at the right hand of God.

Luke 10:4

Carry no bag, no pouch, no shoes, and greet no one on the road.

John 13:1

Now before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 13:3

Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands and that He came from God and was going to God,

John 14:2

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

John 14:28

“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.

John 14:6

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

John 16:28

I came from the Father and have come into the world. As I said, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.”

John 17:11

I am to be no longer in the world, though these are in the world, for I am coming to You. Holy Father, through Your name keep those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are one.

John 17:25

“O righteous Father, the world has not known You, but I have known You, and these have known that You sent Me.

John 17:5

And now, O Father, glorify Me in Your own presence with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.

John 20:27

Then He said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at My hands. Put your hand here and place it in My side. Do not be faithless, but believing.”

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.

Romans 8:29

For those whom He foreknew, He predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He might be the firstborn among many brothers.

2 Corinthians 6:18

“I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

Galatians 3:26

You are all sons of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 11:16

But they desired a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds and write them on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has given us a new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:2

Beloved, now are we children of God, and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice from heaven, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them. They shall be His people, and God Himself will be with them and be their God.

Revelation 21:7

He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.