John 14:28

You have heard me tell you, "I'm going away, but I'm coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would rejoice that I'm going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

John 14:12

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me will also do what I'm doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I'm going to the Father.

John 14:18

I'm not going to forsake you like orphans. I will come back to you.

Psalm 47:5-7

God has ascended on high with a shout, the LORD has ascended with the blast of a trumpet.

John 5:18

So the Jewish leaders were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.

John 10:29-30

What my Father has given me is more important than anything, and no one can snatch it from the Father's hand.

John 14:2-4

There are many rooms in my Father's house. If there weren't, I wouldn't have told you that I am going away to prepare a place for you, would I?

Hebrews 1:2-3

has in these last days spoken to us by a Son whom he appointed to be the heir of everything and through whom he also made the universe.

Psalm 68:9

God, you poured out abundant rain on your inheritance. When Israel was weary, you sustained her.

Psalm 68:18

You ascended to the heights, you took captives. You received gifts among mankind, even the rebellious, so the LORD God may live there.

Isaiah 42:1

"Here is my servant, whom I support, my chosen one, in whom I delight. I've placed my Spirit upon him; and he'll deliver his justice throughout the world.

Isaiah 49:5-7

"And now, says the LORD, who formed you from the womb as his servant to bring Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him and I am honored in the LORD's sight and my God has been my help

Isaiah 53:11

Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light and find satisfaction. And through his knowledge his servant, the righteous one, will make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities.

Matthew 12:18

"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, whom I love, and with whom I am pleased! I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to unbelievers.

Luke 24:51-53

While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.

John 10:38

But if I'm doing them, even though you don't believe me, believe the actions, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father."

John 13:16

Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, a servant isn't greater than his master, and a messenger isn't greater than the one who sent him.

John 16:7

However, I'm telling you the truth. It's for your advantage that I'm going away, because if I don't go away, the Helper won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

John 16:16-22

In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again."

John 20:17

Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

John 20:21

Jesus told them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."

1 Corinthians 11:3

Now I want you to realize that the Messiah is the head of every man, and man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of the Messiah.

1 Corinthians 15:24-28

Then the end will come, when after he has done away with every ruler and every authority and power, the Messiah hands over the kingdom to God the Father.

Philippians 2:6-11

In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.

Hebrews 2:9-15

Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.

Hebrews 3:1-4

Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.

1 Peter 1:8

Though you have not seen him, you love him. And even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

Revelation 1:11

saying, "Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Revelation 1:17-18

When I saw him, I fell down at his feet like a dead man. But he placed his right hand on me and said, "Stop being afraid! I am the first and the last,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

General references

Bible References

Heard

John 14:3
And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.
John 16:16
In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again."

If

John 16:7
However, I'm telling you the truth. It's for your advantage that I'm going away, because if I don't go away, the Helper won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
Psalm 47:5
God has ascended on high with a shout, the LORD has ascended with the blast of a trumpet.
Psalm 68:18
You ascended to the heights, you took captives. You received gifts among mankind, even the rebellious, so the LORD God may live there.
Luke 24:51
While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up to heaven.
1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen him, you love him. And even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,

I go

John 14:12
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, the one who believes in me will also do what I'm doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I'm going to the Father.
John 16:16
In a little while you will no longer see me, then in a little while you will see me again."
John 20:17
Jesus told her, "Don't hold on to me, because I haven't yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, "I'm ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"

Father

John 5:18
So the Jewish leaders were trying all the harder to kill him, because he was not only breaking the Sabbath but was also calling God his own Father, thereby making himself equal to God.
John 10:30
I and the Father are one."
John 13:16
Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, a servant isn't greater than his master, and a messenger isn't greater than the one who sent him.
John 20:21
Jesus told them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, so I am sending you."
Isaiah 42:1
"Here is my servant, whom I support, my chosen one, in whom I delight. I've placed my Spirit upon him; and he'll deliver his justice throughout the world.
Isaiah 49:5
"And now, says the LORD, who formed you from the womb as his servant to bring Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him and I am honored in the LORD's sight and my God has been my help
Isaiah 53:11
Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light and find satisfaction. And through his knowledge his servant, the righteous one, will make many righteous, and he will bear their iniquities.
Matthew 12:18
"Here is my Servant whom I have chosen, whom I love, and with whom I am pleased! I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to unbelievers.
1 Corinthians 11:3
Now I want you to realize that the Messiah is the head of every man, and man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of the Messiah.
1 Corinthians 15:24
Then the end will come, when after he has done away with every ruler and every authority and power, the Messiah hands over the kingdom to God the Father.
Philippians 2:6
In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.
Hebrews 1:2
has in these last days spoken to us by a Son whom he appointed to be the heir of everything and through whom he also made the universe.
Hebrews 2:9
Now when God put everything under him, he left nothing outside his control. However, at the present time we do not yet see everything put under him. But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might experience death for everyone.
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, partners in a heavenly calling, keep your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession.
Revelation 1:11
saying, "Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

General references

John 16:6
But because I have told you this, sorrow has filled your hearts.

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