< John 14 >

1 “Don't let your minds be anxious. Trust in God, trust in me as well.
Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house there are many rooms. If this wasn't so I would have told you. I'm going to prepare a place for you.
In my Father’s home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.
3 Once I've gone and prepared a place for you, I will come again and take you back with me, so that you can be there with me too.
And, since I go and prepare a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, so that you may be where I am;
4 You know the way to where I'm going.”
and you know the way to the place where I am going.”
5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don't know where you're going. How can we know the way?”
“We do not know where you are going, Master,” said Thomas. “So how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus replied, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jesus answered, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.
7 If you had known me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and you have seen him.”
If you had recognized me, you would have known my Father also; for the future you will recognize him, indeed you have already seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and we'll be convinced.”
“Master, show us the Father,” said Philip, “and we will be satisfied.”
9 Jesus replied, “Have I been with you such a long time, Philip, and yet you still don't know me? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
“Have I been all this time among you,” said Jesus, “and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? The person who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, ‘Show us the Father’?
10 Don't you believe that I live in the Father and the Father lives in me? The words I speak are not mine; it's the Father living in me who is doing his work.
Don’t you believe that I am in union with the Father, and the Father with me? In giving you my teaching I am not speaking on my own authority; but the Father himself, always in union with me, does his own work.
11 Believe me when I tell you that I live in the Father, and the Father lives in me, or at least believe because of the evidence provided by all that I've done.
Believe me,” he said to them all, “when I say that I am in union with the Father and the Father with me, or else believe me because of the work itself.
12 I tell you the truth, anyone who trusts in me will do the same things I am doing. In fact they will do even greater things because I am going to the Father.
In truth I tell you, the person who believes in me will themselves do the work that I am doing; and they will do greater work still, because I am going to the Father.
13 I'll do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified through the Son.
Whatever you ask, in my name, I will do, so that the Father may be honored in the Son.
14 Whatever you ask for in my name, I will do it.
If you ask anything, in my name, I will do it.
15 If you love me, you will keep my commands.
If you love me, you will lay my commands to heart,
16 I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, (aiōn g165)
and I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper, to be with you always – the Spirit of truth. (aiōn g165)
17 the Spirit of truth, who will always be with you. The world cannot accept him because it isn't looking for him and does not know him. But you know him because he lives with you and will be in you.
The world cannot receive this Spirit, because it does not see him or recognize him, but you recognize him, because he is always with you, and is within you.
18 I will not abandon you like orphans: I will come back to you.
I will not leave you bereaved; I will come to you.
19 Soon the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live too.
In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will still see me; because I am living, you will be living also.
20 On that day you will know that I live in the Father, you live in me, and I live in you.
At that time you will recognize that I am in union with the Father, and you with me, and I with you.
21 Those who keep my commands are the ones who love me, those who love me will be loved by my Father. I will love them too, and will reveal myself to them.”
It is the person who has my commands and lays them to heart who loves me; and the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them, and will reveal myself to them.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) responded, “Lord, why would you reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
“What has happened, Master,” said Judas (not Judas Iscariot), “that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”
23 Jesus replied, “Those who love me will do as I say. My Father will love them, and we will come and make our home with them.
“Whoever loves me,” Jesus answered, “will lay my message to heart; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
24 Those who don't love me don't do what I say. These words don't come from me, they come from the Father who sent me.
The person who does not love me will not lay my message to heart; and the message to which you are listening is not my own, but comes from the Father who sent me.
25 I'm explaining this to you while I'm still here with you.
I have told you all this while still with you,
26 But when the Father sends the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, in my place, he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you.
but the helper – the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name – will teach you all things, and will recall to your minds all that I have said to you.
27 Peace I leave you; my peace I'm giving you. The peace I give you is nothing like what the world gives. Don't let your minds be anxious, and don't be afraid.
Peace be with you! My own peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, or dismayed.
28 You've heard me tell you, ‘I am going away, but I will come back to you.’ If you really loved me, you would be happy because I'm going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
You heard me say that I was going away and would return to you. Had you loved me, you would have been glad that I was going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
29 I've explained this to you now before it happens so that when it does happen you will be convinced.
And this I have told you now before it happens, so that, when it does happen, you may still believe in me.
30 I can't talk to you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no power to control me,
I will not talk with you much more, for the Spirit that is ruling the world is coming. He has nothing in common with me;
31 but I'm doing what my Father told me to do so that the world will know that I love the Father. Now get up. Let's go.”
but he is coming so that the world may see that I love the Father, and that I do as the Father commanded me. Come, let us be going.

< John 14 >