17 “Do not cling to Me,” Jesus said, “for I have not yet ascended to My Father. But go and tell My brothers, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, to My God and your God.’”
John 20:17 Cross References - MSB
Genesis 17:7-8
7 I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
8 And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”
2 Kings 4:29
29 So Elisha said to Gehazi, “Tie up your garment, take my staff in your hand, and go! If you meet anyone, do not greet him, and if anyone greets you, do not answer him. Then lay my staff on the boy’s face.”
2 Kings 7:9
9 Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.”
Psalms 22:22
22 I will proclaim Your name to my brothers; I will praise You in the assembly.
Psalms 43:4
4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
Psalms 48:14
14 For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide even till death.
Psalms 68:18
18 You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
Psalms 89:26
26 He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
Isaiah 41:10
10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
Jeremiah 31:33
33 “But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Jeremiah 32:38
38 They will be My people, and I will be their God.
Ezekiel 36:28
28 Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
Ezekiel 37:27
27 My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Zechariah 13:7-9
7 Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
8 And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
Matthew 12:50
50 For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 25:40
40 And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’
Matthew 28:7
7 Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”
Matthew 28:9-10
Mark 16:19
19 After the Lord had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
Luke 10:4
4 Carry no purse or bag or sandals. Do not greet anyone along the road.
Luke 24:49-51
49 And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city of Jerusalem until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
50 When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them.
51 While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.
John 1:12-13
John 7:33
33 So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
John 13:1
1 It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
John 13:3
3 Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
John 14:2
2 In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:6
6 Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 14:28
28 You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because My Father is greater than I.
John 16:28
28 I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
John 17:5
5 And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
John 17:11
11 I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
John 17:25
25 Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
John 20:27
27 Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”
Romans 8:14-17
14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.
17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him.
Romans 8:29
29 For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
2 Corinthians 6:18
18 And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
Galatians 3:26
26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:6-7
Ephesians 1:17-23
17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
18 I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
19 and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
20 which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
21 far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
22 And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
23 which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
Ephesians 4:8-10
Hebrews 2:11-13
11 For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.
12 He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”
13 And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And once again: “Here am I, and the children God has given Me.”
Hebrews 8:10
10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.
Hebrews 11:16
16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.
1 Peter 1:3
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 John 3:2
2 Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as He is.
Revelation 21:3
3 And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them.
Revelation 21:7
7 The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.