August 22, 2016

I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God;^[a] believe also in me. ² In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?^{[b] 3} And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also. ⁴ And you know the way to where I am going.”^{[c] 5} Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶ Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.^[d] From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

⁸ Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹ Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

¹² “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask me^[e] anything in my name, I will do it.

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Footnotes

John 14:1 Or You believe in God John 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you John 14:4 Some manuscripts Where I am going you know, and the way you know John 14:7 Or If you know me, you will know my Father also, or If you have known me, you will know my Father also John 14:14 Some manuscripts omit me

Cross references

John 14:1 : ver. 27; [ch. 16:22, 23; 1 Pet. 3:14] John 14:1 : See ch. 12:44 John 14:2 : [ch. 2:16] John 14:2 : ch. 16:7; [ch. 8:21, 22; 13:33, 36] John 14:3 : ver. 18, 28; [ch. 21:22, 23] John 14:3 : See ch. 12:26 John 14:5 : See ch. 11:16 John 14:5 : ch. 13:36 John 14:6 : Heb. 9:8; 10:20; [Eph. 2:18] John 14:6 : ch. 1:14, 17; [1 John 5:20] John 14:6 : See ch. 11:25 John 14:7 : ch. 8:19 John 14:7 : 1 John 2:13, 14 John 14:7 : [ch. 6:46] John 14:8 : ch. 1:43, 44; 12:21 John 14:8 : [Ex. 33:18] John 14:9 : ch. 12:45; [ch. 10:30; 15:24; Col. 1:15; Heb. 1:3] John 14:10 : See ch. 10:38 John 14:10 : See ch. 5:19, 20 John 14:11 : [See ver. 10 above]; See ch. 10:38 John 14:11 : See ch. 5:36 John 14:12 : [Matt. 17:20; 21:21; Mark 11:23; 16:17] John 14:12 : ver. 28; ch. 16:28; [ch. 7:33; 13:1, 3; 16:5, 10, 17; 17:11, 13; 20:17] John 14:13 : ch. 15:16; 16:23, 24; See Matt. 7:7 John 14:13 : See ch. 13:31 John 14:14 : [See ver. 13 above]; ch. 15:16; 16:23, 24; See Matt. 7:7

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