John 14 — Legacy Standard Bible

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

14“^aDo not let your heart be troubled; ¹believe in God, believe also in Me. ²“In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for ^aI go to prepare a place for you. ³“And if I go and prepare a place for you, ^aI will come again and receive you to Myself, that ^bwhere I am, there you may be also. ⁴“And you know the way where I am going.” ⁵^aThomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going. How do we know the way?” ⁶Jesus *said to him, “I am ^athe way, and ^bthe truth, and ^cthe life. No one comes to the Father but through Me.

Oneness with the Father

⁷“^aIf you have come to know Me, you will know My Father also; from now on you ^bknow Him, and have ^cseen Him.”

⁸^aPhilip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹Jesus *said to him, “Have I been with you all so long and have you not come to know Me, Philip? ^aHe who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰“Do you not believe that ^aI am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? ^bThe words that I say to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. ¹¹“Believe Me that ^aI am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise ^bbelieve because of the works themselves. ¹²“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and ^agreater works than these he will do because ^bI go to the Father. ¹³“^aWhatever you ask in My name, this will I do, so that ^bthe Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴“If you ask Me anything ^ain My name, I will do it.

¹⁵“^aIf you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

¹⁶“And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another ¹^,^aAdvocate, that He may be with you forever; ¹⁷^athe Spirit of truth, ^bwhom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him. You know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

¹⁸“I will not leave you as orphans; ^aI will come to you. ¹⁹“¹^,^aAfter a little while ^bthe world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; ^cbecause I live, you will live also. ²⁰“^aOn that day you will know that ^bI am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. ²¹“^aHe who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and ^bhe who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will ^cdisclose Myself to him.” ²²^aJudas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened ^bthat You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” ²³Jesus answered and said to him, “^aIf anyone loves Me, he will ^bkeep My word; and ^cMy Father will love him, and We ^dwill come to him and make Our dwelling with him. ²⁴“He who does not love Me ^adoes not keep My words; and ^bthe word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me.

²⁵“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. ²⁶“But the ^aAdvocate, the Holy Spirit, ^bwhom the Father will send in My name, ^cHe will teach you all things, and ^dbring to your remembrance all that I said to you. ²⁷“^aPeace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. ^bDo not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. ²⁸“^aYou heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and ^bI will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because ^cI go to the Father, for ^dthe Father is greater than I. ²⁹“And now ^aI have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. ³⁰“I will not speak much more with you, for ^athe ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; ³¹but so that the world may know that I love the Father, ¹I do exactly as ^athe Father commanded Me. Get up, ^blet us go from here.