John 20:17

Weymouth NT

»Do not cling to me,« said Jesus, »for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But take this message to my brethren: `I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'«

Cross References

Matthew 12:50

To obey my Father who is in Heaven–that is to be my brother and my sister and my mother.«

Matthew 25:40

»But the King will answer them,« `In solemn truth I tell you that in so far as you rendered such services to one of the humblest of these my brethren, you rendered them to myself.'

Matthew 28:7

And go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead and is going before you into Galilee: there you shall see Him. Remember, I have told you.«

Mark 12:26

But as to the dead, that they rise to life, have you never read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the Bush, how God said to him, `I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'

Mark 16:19

So the Lord Jesus after having thus spoken to them was taken up into Heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.

Luke 10:4

Carry no purse, bag, nor change of shoes; and salute no one on your way.«

John 13:1

Now just before the Feast of the Passover this incident took place. Jesus knew that the time had come for Him to leave this world and go to the Father; and having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.

John 13:3

although He knew that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was now going to God,

John 14:2

In my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you.

John 14:28

»You heard me say to you, `I am going away, and yet I am coming to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I am.

John 14:6

»I am the Way,« replied Jesus, »and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 16:28

I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.«

John 17:11

I am now no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I am coming to Thee. »Holy Father, keep them true to Thy name –the name which Thou hast given me to bear– that they may be one, even as we are.

John 17:25

And, righteous Father, though the world has failed to recognize Thee, I have known Thee, and these have perceived that Thou didst send me.

John 17:5

And now, Father, do Thou glorify me in Thine own presence, with the glory that I had in Thy presence before the world existed.

John 20:27

Then He said to Thomas, »Bring your finger here and feel my hands; bring you hand and put it into my side; and do not be ready to disbelieve but to believe.«

John 7:33

So Jesus said, »Still for a short time I am with you, and then I go my way to Him who sent me.

Romans 8:29

For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of brothers;

2 Corinthians 6:18

and you shall be My sons and daughters,' says the Lord the Ruler of all.«

Galatians 3:26

You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus;

Hebrews 11:16

but, as it is, we see them eager for a better land, that is to say, a heavenly one. For this reason God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has now prepared a city for them.

Hebrews 8:10

`But this is the Covenant that I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days,' says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds and will write them upon their hearts. And I will indeed be their God and they shall be My People.

1 Peter 1:3

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.

Revelation 21:3

And I heard a loud voice, which came from the throne, say, »God's dwelling place is among men and He will dwell among them and they shall be His peoples. Yes, God Himself will be among them.

Revelation 21:7

All this shall be the heritage of him who overcomes, and I will be his God and he shall be one of My sons.