John 8:21

American Standard Version (1901)

He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

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  • John 7:34 : 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
  • John 8:24 : 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.
  • John 13:33 : 33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.
  • 1 Cor 15:17-18 : 17 and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 And you [did he make alive], when ye were dead through your trespasses and sins,
  • John 12:33 : 33 But this he said, signifying by what manner of death he should die.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus therefore said unto them, Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness overtake you not: and he that walketh in the darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
  • 1 Kgs 18:10 : 10 As Jehovah thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not here, he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
  • 2 Kgs 2:16-17 : 16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there are with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master, lest the Spirit of Jehovah hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
  • Job 20:11 : 11 His bones are full of his youth, But it shall lie down with him in the dust.
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou settest them in slippery places: Thou castest them down to destruction. 19 How are they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when one awaketh, So, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou wilt despise their image.
  • Prov 11:7 : 7 When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 The wicked is thrust down in his evil-doing; But the righteous hath a refuge in his death.
  • Isa 65:20 : 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner being a hundred years old shall be accursed.
  • Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thy hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
  • Matt 23:39 : 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
  • Matt 24:23-24 : 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe [it] not. 24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels:
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.
  • Luke 16:22-26 : 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am in anguish in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and Lazarus in like manner evil things: but now here he is comforted, and thou art in anguish. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed, that they that would pass from hence to you may not be able, and that none may cross over from thence to us.

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    22The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?

    23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.

    25They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.

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    33Jesus therefore said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him that sent me.

    34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.

    35The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

    36What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?

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    33Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.

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    2In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

    3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I come again, and will receive you unto myself; that where I am, [there] ye may be also.

    4And whither I go, ye know the way.

    5Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; how know we the way?

    6Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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    16A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.

    17[ Some] of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

    18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.

    19Jesus perceived that they were desirous to ask him, and he said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?

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    38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

    39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

    40and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.

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    51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my word, he shall never see death.

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    28I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.

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    43Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word.

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