Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?
No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
While he blessed them, he parted from them and was carried up into heaven.
who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.
Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.)
And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.”
And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.
Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
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