they are wrong about what is right, because I am going to the Father and you will not see me any more;

"In a little while you will not see me any more, and then a little while later you will see me."

I did come from the Father, and I came into the world; and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."

Suppose, then, that you should see the Son of Man go back up to the place where he was before?

Jesus said, "I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I shall go away to him who sent me.

Jesus knew that the Father had given him complete power; he knew that he had come from God and was going to God.

You heard me say to you, 'I am leaving, but I will come back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father; for he is greater than I.

I have shown your glory on earth; I have finished the work you gave me to do.

And now I am coming to you, and I say these things in the world so that they might have my joy in their hearts in all its fullness.

Each one of us has received a special gift in proportion to what Christ has given.

Now, what does "he went up" mean? It means that first he came down to the lowest depths of the earth.

It was he who "gave gifts to people"; he appointed some to be apostles, others to be prophets, others to be evangelists, others to be pastors and teachers.

He reflects the brightness of God's glory and is the exact likeness of God's own being, sustaining the universe with his powerful word. After achieving forgiveness for the sins of all human beings, he sat down in heaven at the right side of God, the Supreme Power.

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.

"Where are you going, Lord?" Simon Peter asked him. "You cannot follow me now where I am going," answered Jesus; "but later you will follow me."

You know the way that leads to the place where I am going."

Jesus answered him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me.