John 20:17

New International Reader's Version

Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me. I have not yet ascended to the Father. Instead, go to those who believe in me. Tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”

Cross References

2 Kings 4:29

Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tuck your coat into your belt. Take my walking stick and run to Shunem. Don’t say hello to anyone you see. If anyone says hello to you, don’t answer. Lay my walking stick on the boy’s face.”

2 Kings 7:9

But then they said to one another, “What we’re doing isn’t right. This is a day of good news. And we’re keeping it to ourselves. If we wait until sunrise, we’ll be punished. Let’s go at once. Let’s report this to the royal palace.”

Psalm 22:22

I will announce your name to my people. I will praise you among those who are gathered to worship you.

Psalm 43:4

Then I will go to the altar of God. I will go to God. He is my joy and my delight. God, you are my God. I will praise you by playing the lyre.

Psalm 48:14

This God is our God for ever and ever. He will be our guide to the very end.

Psalm 68:18

When he went up to his place on high, he took many prisoners. He received gifts from people, even from those who refused to obey him. The Lord God went up to live on Mount Zion.

Psalm 89:26

He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father. You are my God. You are my Rock and Savior.’

Isaiah 41:10

So do not be afraid. I am with you. Do not be terrified. I am your God. I will make you strong and help you. I will hold you safe in my hands. I always do what is right.

Jeremiah 31:33

“This is the covenant I will make with Israel after that time,” announces the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds. I will write it on their hearts. I will be their God. And they will be my people.

Jeremiah 32:38

They will be my people. And I will be their God.

Ezekiel 36:28

Then you will live in the land I gave your people of long ago. You will be my people. And I will be your God.

Ezekiel 37:27

I will live with them. I will be their God. And they will be my people.

Matthew 12:50

Anyone who does what my Father in heaven wants is my brother or sister or mother.”

Matthew 25:40

“The King will reply, ‘What I’m about to tell you is true. Anything you did for one of the least important of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

Matthew 28:7

Go quickly! Tell his disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”

Mark 12:26

What about the dead rising? Haven’t you read in the Book of Moses the story of the burning bush? God said to Moses, ‘I am the God of Abraham. I am the God of Isaac. And I am the God of Jacob.’ (Exodus 3:6)

Mark 16:19

When the Lord Jesus finished speaking to them, he was taken up into heaven. He sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 10:4

Do not take a purse or bag or sandals. And don’t greet anyone on the road.

John 13:1

It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world. It was time for him to go to the Father. Jesus loved his disciples who were in the world. So he now loved them to the very end.

John 13:3

Jesus knew that the Father had put everything under his power. He also knew he had come from God and was returning to God.

John 14:2

There are many rooms in my Father’s house. If this were not true, would I have told you that I am going there? Would I have told you that I would prepare a place for you there?

John 14:28

“You heard me say, ‘I am going away. And I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad I am going to the Father. The Father is greater than I am.

John 14:6

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 16:28

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

John 17:11

I will not remain in the world any longer. But they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe by the power of your name. It is the name you gave me. Keep them safe so they can be one, just as you and I are one.

John 17:25

“Father, you are holy. The world does not know you, but I know you. Those you have given me know you have sent me.

John 17:5

So now, Father, give glory to me in heaven where your throne is. Give me the glory I had with you before the world began.

John 20:27

Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here. See my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”

John 7:33

Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time. Then I will go to the one who sent me.

Romans 8:29

God planned that those he had chosen would become like his Son. In that way, Christ will be the first and most honored among many brothers and sisters.

2 Corinthians 6:18

And, “I will be your Father. You will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord who rules over all.” (2 Samuel 7:14; 7:8)

Galatians 3:26

So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God by believing in Christ.

Hebrews 11:16

Instead, they longed for a better country. They wanted a heavenly one. So God is pleased when they call him their God. In fact, he has prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 8:10

This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds. I will write them on their hearts. I will be their God. And they will be my people.

1 Peter 1:3

Give praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth and a living hope. This hope is living because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, now we are children of God. He still hasn’t let us know what we will be. But we know that when Christ appears, we will be like him. That’s because we will see him as he really is.

Revelation 21:3

I heard a loud voice from the throne. It said, “Look! God now makes his home with the people. He will live with them. They will be his people. And God himself will be with them and be their God.

Revelation 21:7

Those who have victory will receive all this from me. I will be their God, and they will be my children.