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 if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to myself, so that where I am, you may be also.
John 16:16
"A little [while] and you will see me no more, and again a little [while] and you will see me.

If

John 16:7
But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
Psalm 47:5
God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with [the] sound of a trumpet.
Psalm 68:18
You have ascended on high; you have led away captives. You have received gifts [from] among humankind, and even [from the] rebellious, so that Yah God may dwell [there].
Luke 24:51
And it happened that while he was blessing them, he parted from them and was taken up into heaven.
1 Peter 1:8
whom, [although you] have not seen, you love; in whom now you believe, [although you] do not see [him], and you rejoice greatly with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

I go

John 14:12
Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in me, the works that I am doing he will do also, and he will do greater [works] than these because I am going to the Father.
John 16:16
"A little [while] and you will see me no more, and again a little [while] and you will see me.
John 20:17
Jesus said to her, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.'"

Father

John 5:18
So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.
John 10:30
The Father and I are one."
John 13:16
Truly, truly I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor a messenger greater than the one who sent him.
John 20:21
So Jesus said to them again, "Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you."
Isaiah 42:1
Look! [here is] my servant; I hold him, my chosen one, [in whom] my soul delights. I have {put} my spirit on him; he will bring justice forth to the nations.
Isaiah 49:5
And now Yahweh says, who formed me from [the] womb as a servant for him, to bring Jacob back to him, and that Israel might not be gathered, for I am honored in the eyes of Yahweh, and my God has become my strength.
Isaiah 53:11
From the trouble of his life he will see; he will be satisfied. In his knowledge, [the] righteous [one], my servant, shall declare many righteous, and he is the one who will bear their iniquities.
Matthew 12:18
"Behold my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man [is the] head of the woman, and [the] head of Christ [is] God.
1 Corinthians 15:24
then the end, when he hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when he has abolished all rule and all authority and power.
Philippians 2:6
who, existing in the form of God, did not consider being equal with God something to be grasped,
Hebrews 1:2
in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all [things], through whom also he made the world,
Hebrews 2:9
but we see Jesus, for a short [time] made lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that apart from God he might taste death on behalf of everyone.
Hebrews 3:1
Therefore, holy brothers, sharers in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
Revelation 1:11
saying, "What you see, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

General references

John 16:6
But because I have said these [things] to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.