Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Message"My dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for Me, and just as I told the Jewish leaders — 'Where I am going, you cannot come' — so now I say it to you as well."
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.G"Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will seek Me, and just as I told the Yehudim — 'Where I am going you cannot come' — so now I say the same to you."
KJV
King James VersionLittle children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleLittle 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.’
Footnotes
"Teknia" is a tender diminutive — "little children" or "dear little ones." It appears only here in John's Gospel but is characteristic of 1 John (seven occurrences), strongly suggesting the same author's hand and pastoral voice. Yeshua uses it at the moment of departure, marking the disciples as His beloved family. "Ioudaioi" is rendered "Yehudim" in F.O.G (preserving the ethnic-religious designation) and "Jewish leaders" in F.O.G Message, reflecting that John's usage frequently targets the religious establishment rather than Jewish people broadly — a reading that guards against anachronistic misappropriation of the text.