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John 14

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

1 ^a“Let not your hearts be troubled. ^bBelieve in God; ^{▼

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Or You believe in God} believe also in me. 2 In ^dmy Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that ^eI go to prepare a place for you? ^{▼

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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} 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ^gto myself, that ^hwhere I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.” ^{▼

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Some manuscripts Where I am going you know, and the way you know} 5 ^jThomas said to him, “Lord ^kwe do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am ^lthe way, and ^mthe truth, and ⁿthe life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 ^oIf you had known me, you would have ^pknown my Father also. ^{▼

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Or If you know me, you will know my Father also, or If you have known me, you will know my Father also} From now on you do know him and ^rhave seen him.”

8 ^sPhilip said to him, “Lord ^tshow 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? ^uWhoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that ^vI am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you ^wI do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that ^xI am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else ^ybelieve on account of the works themselves.

12 “Truly, truly, I say to you ^zwhoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I ^aaam going to the Father. 13 ^abWhatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that ^acthe Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 ^adIf you ask me ^{▼

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Some manuscripts omit me} anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 ^af“If you love me, you will ^agkeep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^ahHelper ^{▼

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Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7} to be with you forever, 17 even ^ajthe Spirit of truth, ^akwhom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^alwill be ^{▼

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Some manuscripts and is} in you.

18 “I will not leave you as orphans; ^anI will come to you. 19 ^aoYet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^apyou will see me. ^aqBecause I live, you also will live. 20 ^arIn that day you will know that ^asI am in my Father, and ^atyou in me, and ^auI in you. 21 ^avWhoever has my commandments and ^awkeeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^axhe who loves me ^aywill be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^azmanifest myself to him.” 22 ^baJudas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^bbthat you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23 Jesus answered him, ^bc“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^bdwe will come to him and ^bemake our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^bfthe word that you hear is not mine but the Father’s who sent me.

25 “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26 But the ^bgHelper, the Holy Spirit ^bhwhom the Father will send in my name ^bihe will teach you all things and ^bjbring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 ^bkPeace I leave with you; ^blmy peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^bmLet not your hearts be troubled, neither ^bnlet them be afraid. 28 ^boYou heard me say to you ^bp‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^bqam going to the Father, for ^brthe Father is greater than I. 29 And ^bsnow I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30 I will no longer talk much with you, for ^btthe ruler of this world is coming. ^buHe has no claim on me, 31 but I do ^bvas the Father has commanded me ^bwso that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.