John 14:1–12

Jesus Comforts His Followers

14Jesus said, “Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust in me. ²There are many rooms in my Father’s house; I would not tell you this if it were not true. I am going there to prepare a place for you. ³After I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me so that you may be where I am. ⁴You know the way to the place where I am going.” ⁿ

⁵Thomas said to Jesus, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. So how can we know the way?”

⁶Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. The only way to the Father is through me. ⁷If you really knew me, you would know my Father, too. But now you do know him, and you have seen him.”

⁸Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father. That is all we need.”

⁹Jesus answered, “I have been with you a long time now. Do you still not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. So why do you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I say to you don’t come from me, but the Father lives in me and does his own work. ¹¹Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Or believe because of the miracles I have done. ¹²I tell you the truth, whoever believes in me will do the same things that I do. Those who believe will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.