1 "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God1 14:1 Or You trust in God ; trust also in me. |
2 In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. |
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. |
4 You know the way to the place where I am going." |
5 Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?" |
6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
7 If you really knew me, you would know2 14:7 Some early manuscripts If you really have known me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." |
8 Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us." |
9 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. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? |
10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. |
11 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 miracles themselves. |
12 I tell you the truth, anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. |
13 And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. |
14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it. |
15 "If you love me, you will obey what I command. |
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- |
17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be3 14:17 Some early manuscripts and is in you. |
18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. |
19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. |
20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. |
21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him." |
22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?" |
23 Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. |
24 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me. |
25 "All this I have spoken while still with you. |
26 But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. |
27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. |
28 "You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. |
29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. |
30 I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me, |
31 but the world must learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me.
"Come now; let us leave. |
