John 8:21

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John 8:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible

19 “Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”

20 He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

21 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.”

22 So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

23 Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

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1 Kings 18:10

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2 Kings 2:16

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2 Kings 2:17

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Matthew 23:39

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Matthew 24:23

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Matthew 24:24

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Psalms 73:19

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Psalms 73:20

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Proverbs 14:32

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Isaiah 65:20

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Ezekiel 3:18

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Luke 16:22

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Luke 16:24

So he cried out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. For I am in agony in this fire.’

Luke 16:25

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Luke 16:26

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1 Corinthians 15:17

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1 Corinthians 15:18

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Matthew 25:46

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”