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John 7:33

New International Reader's Version

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

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

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.

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

“My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me. Just as I told the Jews, so I am telling you now. You can’t come where I am going.

What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who believes in me will do the works I have been doing. In fact, they will do even greater things. That’s because I am going to the Father.

Before long, the world will not see me anymore. But you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

“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.

The world is guilty as far as godliness is concerned. That’s because I am going to the Father, where you can’t see me anymore.

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

But now I am going to the one who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

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.

“I am coming to you now. But I say these things while I am still in the world. I say them so that those you gave me can have the same joy that I have.

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.’ ”

While it is still day, we must do the works of the one who sent me. Night is coming. Then no one can work.




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