John 8:21

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“Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.””

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BSBPD

“Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 8:21 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Kings 18:10As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you.
  2. 2 Kings 2:16“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of the valleys.” “Do not send them,” Elisha replied.
  3. Job 20:11The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.
  4. Psalms 73:18Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
  5. Proverbs 11:7When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.
  6. Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
  7. Isaiah 65:20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
  8. Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.
  9. Matthew 23:39For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
  10. Matthew 24:23At that time, if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or ‘There He is!’ do not believe it.
  11. Matthew 25:41Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
  12. Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  13. Luke 16:22One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
  14. John 7:34You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
  15. John 8:24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”
  16. John 12:33He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.
  17. John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  18. John 13:33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
  19. 1 Corinthians 15:17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
  20. Ephesians 2:1And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,

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