John 16:5

Plain English Version

Jesus told his followers, “I am going to leave you and go back to my father. He is the one that sent me here. And none of you asked me, ‘Where are you going?’

Cross References

John 13:3

and Jesus knew that God gave him power over everything so that he can do anything. And he knew that he came from God and that he was going back to God again soon.

John 13:36

Peter asked Jesus, “Sir, where are you going?” Jesus said to him, “You can’t follow me yet to the place where I am going. But you will follow me later.”

John 14:28

Like I told you before, I am going away, but I will come back to you again. You see, I am going back to my father, and my father is much greater than I am. So if you really love me, you will be happy for me to go to my father.

John 16:10

And I am going back to the father, and you will not see me any more. I will not be here, so the Holy Spirit will show people the right way to live.

John 16:16

Jesus said to his followers, “I will go away soon, and you will not see me. But then after a little while, you will see me again.”

John 16:17

Some of his followers didn’t understand what Jesus was saying. They asked each other, “Why did he say, ‘Soon, you will not see me. But then after a little while, you will see me again’? And why did he say, ‘I am going back to the father’? What does he mean?”

John 16:28

Yes, I came from my father, and I came into the world. But now I am going to leave the world and go back to my father.”

John 17:13

Father, I am coming to you soon, but I am saying these things now, while I am still here in the world, so that my followers can be properly happy inside themselves, just like I am.

John 17:4

I did everything that you sent me here to do, and when people saw me do that, they saw that you are great and powerful.

John 6:62

Then what will you think if you see me going up, back to the place I came from? I am the special man that came down from heaven.

John 7:33

Jesus kept on teaching the people. He said, “I will only be with you for a little bit longer. Then I will go back to the one that sent me here.