John 14:28

New American Bible - revised edition

You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.

Cross References

Psalm 68:18

God’s chariots were myriad, thousands upon thousands; from Sinai the Lord entered the holy place.

Psalm 68:9

The earth quaked, the heavens poured, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Isaiah 42:1

Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased. Upon him I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 53:11

Because of his anguish he shall see the light; because of his knowledge he shall be content; My servant, the just one, shall justify the many, their iniquity he shall bear.

Matthew 12:18

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

John 10:38

but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may realize [and understand] that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”

John 13:16

Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.

John 14:12

Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me will do the works that I do, and will do greater ones than these, because I am going to the Father.

John 14:18

I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.

John 16:7

But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, 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 the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

John 20:21

[Jesus] said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

John 5:18

For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God. The Work of the Son.

John 7:33

So Jesus said, “I will be with you only a little while longer, and then I will go to the one who sent me.

1 Corinthians 11:3

But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and a husband the head of his wife, and God the head of Christ.

1 Peter 1:8

Although you have not seen him you love him; even though you do not see him now yet believe in him, you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

Revelation 1:11

which said, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”