John 14

The Way to the Father

14“Your heart must not be troubled. ^pBelieve ^qin God; ^rbelieve also in Me. ²In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; ^sif not, I would have told you. I am going away ^tto prepare a place for you. ³If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back ^uand receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also. ^v4You know the way to where I am going.” ^wx

⁵“Lord,” Thomas ^ysaid, “we don’t know where You’re going. How can we know the way?”

⁶Jesus told him, “I am ^zthe way, ^athe truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Jesus Reveals the Father

⁷“If you know Me, you will also know ^bMy Father. ^cFrom now on you do know Him ^dand have seen Him.”

⁸“Lord,” said Philip, ^e“show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time without your knowing Me, Philip? The one who has seen Me has seen the Father. ^fHow can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? ^gThe words I speak to you I do not speak on My own. ^hThe Father who lives in Me does His works. ⁱ¹¹Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, believe ^jbecause of the works themselves. ^k

Praying in Jesus’ Name

¹²“^•I assure you: The one who believes in Me ^lwill also do the works that I do. And he will do even greater works than these, ^mbecause I am going to the Father. ⁿ¹³Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified ^oin the Son. ^p14If you ask Me ^qanything in My name, ^rI will do it. ^st

Another Counselor Promised

¹⁵“If you love Me, you will keep ^uMy commands. ^v16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another ^•Counselor ^wto be with you forever. ¹⁷He is the Spirit ^xof truth. ^yThe ^•world is unable to receive Him because it doesn’t see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be ^zin you. ^a18I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

¹⁹“In a little while the world will see Me no longer, ^bbut you will see Me. ^cBecause I live, you will live ^dtoo. ²⁰In that day you will know that I am in My Father, ^eyou are in Me, and I am in you. ²¹The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. ^fAnd the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. ^gI also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

²²Judas ^h(not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, how is it You’re going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” ⁱ

²³Jesus answered, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. ^j24The one who doesn’t love Me will not keep My words. The word that you hear is not Mine but is from the Father who sent Me. ^k

²⁵“I have spoken these things to you while I remain with you. ²⁶But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit ^l—the Father will send ^mHim in My name—will teach you all things ⁿand remind you of everything I have told you. ^o

Jesus’ Gift of Peace

²⁷“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Your heart must not be troubled or fearful. ^p28You have heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away ^qand I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father, ^rbecause the Father is greater than I. ^s29I have told you now before it happens ^tso that when it does happen you may believe. ³⁰I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world ^uis coming. He has no power over Me. ^vw31On the contrary, I am going away ^xso that the world may know that I love the Father. Just as the Father commanded Me, so I do.

“Get up; let’s leave this place.