John Chapter 14

Jesus’ Farewell Discourse

            ¹ “Don’t worry. You believe in God; believe in me too. ² There are many rooms in my Father’s house. If that weren’t so, I would’ve told you, because I’m going to get a place ready for you. ³ When I’ve done that, I’ll come back^p to get you so you can be with me. ⁴ You know how to get to where I’m going.”

            ⁵ Thomas said^p, “We don’t know where you’re going. How can we know how to get there?”

            ⁶ “I’m the way, truth, and life. No one gets to the Father except through me. ⁷ If you’ve come to know me, you’ll know my Father too. From now on you know him and have seen him.”  

            ⁸ Philip said^h[, “Lord, show us the Father; that’ll be enough.”

⁹ “Have I been with you^pl all this time, Philip, and you^sg haven’t seen me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you^sg say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Don’t you^sg believe I’m in the Father and the Father’s in me? What I say I’m not saying on my own, but the Father that’s in me is working through me. ¹¹ Believe^pl that I’m in the Father and the Father’s in me. If not, believe^pl because of the things I do. ¹² Whoever believes in me will do what I do and more because I’m going to the Father. ¹³ I’ll do whatever you ask in my name so I can praise the Father. ¹⁴ I repeat, if you ask anything in my name, I’ll do it.

Jn 14:1-14

¹⁵ “If you love me, you’ll do what I tell you. ¹⁶ I’ll ask the Father to give you another Helper to be with you permanently. ¹⁷ He’s the truth-revealing Spirit that the world can’t receive because they don’t see him or know him. But you know him because he stays with you and will be in you. ¹⁸ I won’t leave you as orphans; I’ll come to you. ¹⁹ In a little while, the world won’t see me, but you’ll see me. You’ll be living because I’ll be living. ²⁰ Then you’ll know I’m in the Father and you’re in me and I’m in you. ²¹ The ones that love me are the ones that have my commands and keep them. My Father will love the ones that love me, and I’ll love them and show myself to them.”                                                                                        

Jn 14:15-21

            ²² Judas (not Iscariot) said^p, “Lord, what’s happened that you’re going to show yourself to us, but not to the world?”

            ²³ Jesus answered, “If people love me, they’ll follow what I say, and my Father will love them. We’ll come and make our home in them. ²⁴ People that don’t love me, don’t follow what I say. The message you hear is not mine, but the Father’s.

            ²⁵ “I’ve said this while I’m with you. ²⁶ The Helper—the Holy Spirit the Father will send in my name—will teach you everything and remind you of what I’ve told you. ²⁷ I’m leaving my peace with you, not the kind the world gives. Don’t worry or be afraid. ²⁸ You heard me say I’m going away, but I’ll come back to you. If you loved me, you’d be happy that I’m going to the Father because the Father is greater than I am.

            ²⁹ “I’ve told you now before it happens so when it does, you’ll believe. ³⁰ Lots of things I’m not going to tell you now because the ruler of this world is on his way, and he doesn’t have anything to do with me. ³¹ But I’m doing what the Father told me to do so the world can know I love him.

“Let’s go.”                                                                                    

Jn 14:22-31