John 14:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And you know the way where I am going.”

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Referenced Verses

  • John 10:9 : 9 I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
  • John 13:3 : 3 Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,
  • John 14:2 : 2 There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.
  • John 14:28 : 28 You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
  • John 16:28 : 28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
  • Luke 24:26 : 26 Wasn’t it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?”
  • John 3:16-17 : 16 For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him.
  • John 3:36 : 36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
  • John 6:40 : 40 For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”
  • John 6:68-69 : 68 Simon Peter answered him,“Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God!”

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 14:5-7
    3 verses
    89%

    5 Thomas said,“Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

    6 Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

    7 If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

  • John 14:1-3
    3 verses
    83%

    1 Jesus’ Parting Words to His Disciples“Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me.

    2 There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

    3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

  • John 8:21-22
    2 verses
    80%

    21 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”

    22 So the Jewish leaders began to say,“Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says,‘Where I am going you cannot come.’”

  • John 16:4-7
    4 verses
    79%

    4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

    5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’

    6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.

    7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going 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.

  • 33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.

  • 77%

    27 “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage.

    28 You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

    29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

  • 14 Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

  • 36 Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”

  • 31 but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.

  • 76%

    16 In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”

    17 Then some of his disciples said to one another,“What is the meaning of what he is saying,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and,‘because I am going to the Father’?”

  • 75%

    15 Teaching on the Holy Spirit“If you love me, you will obey my commandments.

    16 Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever–

    17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.

    18 “I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.

    19 In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

    20 You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.

  • John 7:33-34
    2 verses
    75%

    33 Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

    34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

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    14 Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house,‘The Teacher says,“Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’

    15 He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there.”

  • 25 “I have spoken these things while staying with you.

  • 28 But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.”

  • 10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;

  • 4 Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them,“Who are you looking for?”

  • 19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?

  • 28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

  • 9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?

  • 7 Jesus replied,“You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.”

  • 67 So Jesus said to the twelve,“You don’t want to go away too, do you?”

  • 36 What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

  • 16 So Thomas(called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples,“Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”

  • 57 Challenging Professed Followers As they were walking along the road, someone said to him,“I will follow you wherever you go.”

  • 8 Jesus replied,“I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”

  • 22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

  • 19 Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

  • 7 But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”

  • 42 Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!”

  • 4 When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice.

  • 25 Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.