John 14

I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14^d“Let not your hearts be troubled. ^eBelieve in God;¹ believe also in me. ²In ^fmy Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that ^gI go to prepare a place for you?^{2 3}And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ^hto myself, that ⁱwhere I am you may be also. ⁴And you know the way to where I am going.”^{3 5j}Thomas said to him, “Lord, ^kwe do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶Jesus said to him, “I am ^lthe way, and ^mthe truth, and ⁿthe life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ^7oIf you had known me, you would have ^pknown my Father also.⁴ From now on you do know him and ^qhave seen him.”

^8rPhilip said to him, “Lord, ^sshow us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? ^tWhoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that ^uI am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you ^vI do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ¹¹Believe me that ^uI am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else ^wbelieve on account of the works themselves.

¹²“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^xwhoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I ^yam going to the Father. ^13zWhatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that ^athe Father may be glorified in the Son. ^14zIf you ask me⁵ anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

^15b“If you love me, you will ^ckeep my commandments. ¹⁶And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^dHelper,⁶ to be with you forever, ¹⁷even ^ethe Spirit of truth, ^fwhom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^gwill be⁷ in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; ^hI will come to you. ¹⁹ⁱYet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^jyou will see me. ^kBecause I live, you also will live. ^20lIn that day you will know that ^mI am in my Father, and ⁿyou in me, and ^oI in you. ^21pWhoever has my commandments and ^qkeeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^rhe who loves me ^swill be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^tmanifest myself to him.” ^22uJudas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^vthat you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” ²³Jesus answered him, ^w“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^xwe will come to him and ^ymake our home with him. ²⁴Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^zthe word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶But the ^aHelper, the Holy Spirit, ^bwhom the Father will send in my name, ^che will teach you all things and ^dbring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ^27ePeace I leave with you; ^fmy peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^gLet not your hearts be troubled, neither ^hlet them be afraid. ²⁸ⁱYou heard me say to you, ^j‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^kam going to the Father, for ^lthe Father is greater than I. ²⁹And ^mnow I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. ³⁰I will no longer talk much with you, for ⁿthe ruler of this world is coming. ^oHe has no claim on me, ³¹but I do ^pas the Father has commanded me, ^qso that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.