John 16:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father?

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  • Mark 9:32 : 32 But the saying was not clear to them, and they were in fear of questioning him about it.
  • John 16:5 : 5 But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?
  • John 16:16 : 16 After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.
  • Mark 9:10 : 10 And they kept the saying, questioning among themselves what the coming back from the dead might be.
  • John 16:19 : 19 Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?
  • Luke 9:45 : 45 But this saying was not clear to them and its sense was kept secret from them so that they were not able to see it: and they had fear of questioning him about it.
  • Luke 18:34 : 34 But they did not take in the sense of any of these words, and what he said was not clear to them, and their minds were not able to see it.
  • John 12:16 : 16 (These things were not clear to his disciples at first: but when Jesus had been lifted up into his glory, then it came to their minds that these things in the Writings were about him and that they had been done to him.)
  • John 14:5 : 5 Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?
  • John 14:22 : 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?
  • John 16:1 : 1 I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.

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  • John 16:15-16
    2 verses
    93%

    15 Everything which the Father has is mine: that is why I say, He will take of what is mine and will make it clear to you.

    16 After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

  • John 16:18-20
    3 verses
    88%

    18 So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

    19 Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?

    20 Truly I say to you, You will be weeping and sorrowing, but the world will be glad: you will be sad, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

  • John 13:33
    83%

    33 My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.

  • John 7:33-36
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    80%

    33 Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me.

    34 You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

    35 So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

    36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

  • John 14:18-20
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    80%

    18 I will not let you be without a friend: I am coming to you.

    19 A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

    20 At that time it will be clear to you that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I in you.

  • John 16:4-7
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    79%

    4 I have said these things to you so that when the time comes, what I have said may come to your mind. I did not say them to you at the first, because then I was still with you.

    5 But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?

    6 But your hearts are full of sorrow because I have said these things.

    7 But what I am saying is true: my going is for your good: for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

  • John 16:10
    78%

    10 Of righteousness, because I go to the Father and you will see me no more;

  • John 14:28-29
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    28 Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

    29 And now I have given you word of it before it comes, so that, when it comes, you may have faith.

  • John 16:22
    77%

    22 So you have sorrow now: but I will see you again, and your hearts will be glad, and no one will take away your joy.

  • John 8:21-22
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    21 Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

    22 So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?

  • John 16:32
    75%

    32 See, a time is coming, yes, it is now here, when you will go away in all directions, every man to his house, and I will be by myself: but I am not by myself, because the Father is with me.

  • John 16:28-29
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    75%

    28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.

    29 His disciples said, Now you are talking clearly and not in veiled language.

  • John 16:25
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    25 All this I have said to you in veiled language: but the time is coming when I will no longer say things in veiled language but will give you knowledge of the Father clearly.

  • John 13:36
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    36 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later.

  • John 14:3-5
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    3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am.

    4 And you all have knowledge of where I am going, and of the way to it.

    5 Thomas said, Lord, we have no knowledge of where you are going; how may we have knowledge of the way?

  • John 11:7-8
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    74%

    7 Then after that time he said to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.

    8 The disciples said to him, Master, the Jews were attempting only the other day to have you stoned, and are you going back there again?

  • John 6:62
    73%

    62 What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?

  • John 6:66-67
    2 verses
    73%

    66 Because of what he said, a number of the disciples went back and would no longer go with him.

    67 So Jesus said to the twelve, Have you a desire to go away?

  • John 14:25
    73%

    25 I have said all this to you while I am still with you.

  • Matt 20:17
    73%

    17 And when Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples on one side, and said to them,

  • John 11:16
    72%

    16 Then Thomas, who was named Didymus, said to the other disciples, Let us go so that we may be with him in death.

  • John 20:10
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    10 So then the disciples went away again to their houses.

  • Luke 17:22
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    22 And he said to his disciples, The time will come when you will have a great desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, but you will not see it.

  • John 13:21-22
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    72%

    21 When Jesus had said this he was troubled in spirit, and gave witness, saying, Truly I say to you, that one of you will be false to me.

    22 Then the eyes of the disciples were turned on one another, in doubt as to whom he had in mind.

  • John 14:16
    72%

    16 And I will make prayer to the Father and he will give you another Helper to be with you for ever,

  • John 12:35
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    35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.

  • John 14:31
    72%

    31 But he comes so that the world may see that I have love for the Father, and that I am doing as I am ordered by the Father. Get up, and let us go.

  • John 14:9
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    9 Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

  • John 16:12
    72%

    12 I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.

  • John 14:22
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    22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, How is it that you will let yourself be seen clearly by us and not by the world?

  • Mark 16:7
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    7 But go, say to his disciples and to Peter, He goes before you into Galilee: there you will see him, as he said to you.