John 14–15

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.

I Am the True Vine

15“I am the ^rtrue vine, and my Father is ^sthe vinedresser. ^2tEvery branch in me that does not bear fruit ^uhe takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, ^vthat it may bear more fruit. ³Already ^wyou are clean ^xbecause of the word that I have spoken to you. ^4yAbide ^zin me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. ⁵I am the vine; ^ayou are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that ^bbears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. ⁶If anyone does not abide in me, ^che is thrown away like a branch and withers; ^dand the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. ⁷If ^eyou abide in me, and my words abide in you, ^fask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. ^8gBy this my Father is glorified, that you ^hbear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. ⁹ⁱAs the Father has loved me, ^jso have I loved you. Abide in my love. ^10kIf you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as ^lI have kept ^mmy Father’s commandments and abide in his love. ¹¹These things I have spoken to you, ⁿthat my joy may be in you, and that ^oyour joy may be full.

^12p“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ^13qGreater love has no one than this, ^rthat someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are ^smy friends ^tif you do what I command you. ^15uNo longer do I call you servants,¹ for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for ^xall that I have heard from my Father ^yI have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but ^zI chose you and appointed you that you should go and ^abear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that ^bwhatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷These things I command you, ^cso that you will love one another.

The Hatred of the World

^18d“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. ^19eIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because ^fyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. ²⁰Remember the word that I said to you: ^g‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, ^hthey will also persecute you. ⁱIf they kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹But ^jall these things they will do to you ^kon account of my name, ^lbecause they do not know him who sent me. ²²If I had not come and spoken to them, ^mthey would not have been guilty of sin,³ but now they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ⁿWhoever hates me hates my Father also. ^24oIf I had not done among them the works that no one else did, ^mthey would not be guilty of sin, but now they have ^pseen and hated both me and my Father. ²⁵But ^qthe word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ^r‘They hated me without a cause.’

²⁶“But ^swhen the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, ^the will bear witness about me. ²⁷And ^uyou also will bear witness, ^vbecause you have been with me ^wfrom the beginning.