John 14:1–12

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

“Do not let your hearts be troubled.^a Trust^b in God;^c trust also in me. My Father’s house has plenty of room; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there^d to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back^e and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.^f You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Jesus the Way to the Father

Thomas^a said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus answered, “I am^b the way^c and the truth^d and the life.^e No one comes to the Father except through me.^f If you really know me, you will know my Father as well.^g From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

Philip^h said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.ⁱ How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?^j The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.^k Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.^l Very truly I tell you, all who have faith^m in me will do the works I have been doing,ⁿ and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.