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28 You have heard Me (A)say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because [a]I said, (B)‘I am going to the Father,’ for (C)My Father is greater than I.

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  1. John 14:28 NU omits I said

28 (A)You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and (B)I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced [a]because (C)I am going to the Father, for (D)the Father is greater than I.

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  1. John 14:28 Or that

28 You heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you [really] loved Me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going [back] to the Father, for [a]the Father is greater than I.

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  1. John 14:28 The Father and the Son are equal—they share the same essence, but the Father was greater in His heavenly glory than the Son during the Son’s time of subordination as a man, cf 10:30; 17:5.

28 “You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’(A) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,(B) for the Father is greater than I.(C)

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28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

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