John 8:21

New International Reader's Version

Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away. You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. You can’t come where I am going.”

Cross References

1 Kings 18:10

My master has sent people to look for you everywhere. There isn’t a nation or kingdom where he hasn’t sent someone to look for you. Suppose a nation or kingdom would claim you weren’t there. Then Ahab would make them give their word that they couldn’t find you. And that’s just as sure as the Lord your God is alive.

Job 20:11

They might feel young and very strong. But they will soon lie down in the dust of their graves.

Proverbs 11:7

Hopes placed in human beings will die with them. Everything their power promised comes to nothing.

Proverbs 14:32

When trouble comes, sinners are brought down. But godly people seek safety in God even as they die.

Isaiah 65:20

“Babies in Jerusalem will no longer live only a few days. Old people will not fail to live for a very long time. Those who live to the age of 100 will be thought of as mere children when they die. Those who die before they are 100 will be considered as having been under God’s curse.

Matthew 23:39

I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ” (Psalm 118:26)

Matthew 25:41

“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘You are cursed! Go away from me into the fire that burns forever. It has been prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46

“Then they will go away to be punished forever. But those who have done what is right will receive eternal life.”

John 12:33

He said this to show them how he was going to die.

John 12:35

Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light. Do this before darkness catches up with you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.

John 13:33

“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.

John 7:34

You will look for me, but you won’t find me. You can’t come where I am going.”

John 7:36

What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you won’t find me’? And what did he mean when he said, ‘You can’t come where I am going’?”

John 8:24

I told you that you would die in your sins. This will happen if you don’t believe that I am he. If you don’t believe, you will certainly die in your sins.”

Ephesians 2:1

You were living in your sins and lawless ways. But in fact you were dead.