John 14

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

1 d "Let not your hearts be troubled. e Believe in God; 1 believe also in me. 2 In f my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that g I go to prepare a place for you? 2 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you h to myself, that i where I am you may be also. 4 And you know the way to where I am going." 3 5 j Thomas said to him, "Lord, k we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?" 6 Jesus said to him, "I am l the way, and m the truth, and n the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 o If you had known me, you would have p known my Father also. 4 From now on you do know him and q have seen him."

8 r Philip said to him, "Lord, s 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? t Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? 10 Do you not believe that u I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you v I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Believe me that u I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else w believe on account of the works themselves.

12 "Truly, truly, I say to you, x whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I y am going to the Father. 13 z Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that a the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 z If you ask me 5 anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

15 b "If you love me, you will c keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another d Helper, 6 to be with you forever, 17 even e the Spirit of truth, f whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and g will be in you.

18 "I will not leave you as orphans; h I will come to you. 19 i Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but j you will see me. k Because I live, you also will live. 20 l In that day you will know that m I am in my Father, and n you in me, and o I in you. 21 p Whoever has my commandments and q keeps them, he it is who loves me. And r he who loves me s will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and t manifest myself to him." 22 u Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, how is it v that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23 Jesus answered him, w "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and x we will come to him and y make our home with him. 24 Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And z the 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 a Helper, the Holy Spirit, b whom the Father will send in my name, c he will teach you all things and d bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 e Peace I leave with you; f my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. g Let not your hearts be troubled, neither h let them be afraid. 28 i You heard me say to you, j 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I k am going to the Father, for l the Father is greater than I. 29 And m now 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 n the ruler of this world is coming. o He has no claim on me, 31 but I do p as the Father has commanded me, q so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.

  1. Cross References
    John 14:27
    Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
    John 16:22 - 23
    So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
    1 Peter 3:14
    But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled.
  2. Cross References
    John 12:44
    And Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me.
  3. Cross References
    John 2:16
    And he told those who sold the pigeons, "Take these things away; do not make my Father's house a house of trade.
  4. Cross References
    John 16:7
    Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
    John 8:21 - 22
    So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
    John 13:33
    Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.
    John 13:36
    Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.
  5. Cross References
    John 14:18
    I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
    John 14:28
    You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
    John 21:22 - 23
    Jesus said to him, "If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!
  6. Cross References
    John 12:26
    If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
  7. Cross References
    John 11:16
    So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him.
  8. Cross References
    John 13:36
    Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow afterward.
  9. Cross References
    Hebrews 9:8
    By this the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into the holy places is not yet opened as long as the first section is still standing
    Hebrews 10:20
    By the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh.
    Ephesians 2:18
    For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.
  10. Cross References
    John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
    John 1:17
    For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
    1 John 5:20
    And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
  11. Cross References
    John 11:25
    Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.
  12. Cross References
    John 8:19
    They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.
  13. Cross References
    1 John 2:13 - 14
    I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, children, because you know the Father.
  14. Cross References
    John 6:46
    Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.
  15. Cross References
    John 1:43 - 44
    The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me.
    John 12:21
    So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 33:18
    Moses said, "Please show me your glory.
  17. Cross References
    John 12:45
    And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.
    John 10:30
    I and the Father are one.
    John 15:24
    If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.
    Colossians 1:15
    He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
    Hebrews 1:3
    He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
  18. Cross References
    John 10:38
    But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
  19. Cross References
    John 5:19 - 20
    So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.
  20. Cross References
    John 14:10
    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.
  21. Cross References
    John 5:36
    But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.
  22. Cross References
    Matthew 17:20
    He said to them, "Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.
    Matthew 21:21
    And Jesus answered them, "Truly, I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen.
    Mark 11:23
    Truly, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him.
    Mark 16:17
    And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues.
  23. Cross References
    John 14:28
    You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and ...
    John 16:28
    I came from the Father and have come into the w...
    John 7:33
    Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little l...
    John 13:1
    Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesu...
    John 13:3
    Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all th...
    John 16:5
    But now I am going to him who sent me, and none...
    John 16:10
    Concerning righteousness, because I go to the F...
    John 16:17
    So some of his disciples said to one another, "...
    John 17:11
    And I am no longer in the world, but they are i...
    John 17:13
    But now I am coming to you, and these things I ...
    John 20:17
    Jesus said to her, "Do not cling to me, for I h...
  24. Cross References
    John 15:16
    You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
    John 16:23 - 24
    In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
    Matthew 7:7
    Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
  25. Cross References
    John 13:31
    When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
  26. Cross References
    John 14:13
    Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
  27. Cross References
    John 14:21
    Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
    John 14:23
    Jesus answered him, "If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
    John 15:10
    If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.
    1 John 5:3
    For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
    2 John 1:6
    And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments; this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you should walk in it.
  28. Cross References
    1 John 2:3
    And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.
  29. Cross References
    John 14:26
    But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
    John 15:26
    But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
    John 16:7
    Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
  30. Cross References
    John 15:26
    But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to ...
    John 16:13
    When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide y...
    1 Corinthians 2:12 - 14
    Now we have received not the spirit of the worl...
    1 John 2:27
    But the anointing that you received from him ab...
    1 John 4:6
    We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to u...
    1 John 5:7
    For there are three that testify:
  31. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 2:14
    The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
  32. Cross References
    Acts 2:4
    And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
    1 John 2:27
    But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie - just as it has taught you, abide in him.
    2 John 1:2
    Because of the truth that abides in us and will be with us forever:
    Romans 8:9
    You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
  33. Cross References
    John 14:3
    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.
    John 14:28
    You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
  34. Cross References
    John 7:33
    Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
  35. Cross References
    John 12:45
    And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.
    John 16:16
    "A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me."
  36. Cross References
    Romans 5:10
    For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
    Ephesians 2:5
    Even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved -
    Revelation 20:4
    Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
  37. Cross References
    John 16:23
    In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you, whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
    John 16:26
    In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
  38. Cross References
    John 14:10
    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.
  39. Cross References
    John 15:4 - 7
    Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
    1 John 2:28
    And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
  40. Cross References
    John 17:21
    That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
    John 17:23
    I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
    John 17:26
    I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
  41. Cross References
    John 7:17
    If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
    John 8:31 - 32
    So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.
  42. Cross References
    John 14:15
    If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
    1 John 2:5
    But whoever keeps his word, in him truly the love of God is perfected. By this we may know that we are in him:
  43. Cross References
    John 16:27
    For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
  44. Cross References
    John 12:26
    If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
  45. Cross References
    John 7:4
    For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world.
  46. Cross References
    Luke 6:16
    And Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
    Acts 1:13
    And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they were staying, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot and Judas the son of James.
  47. Cross References
    Acts 10:40 - 41
    But God raised him on the third day and made him to appear.
  48. Cross References
    John 14:15
    If you love me, you will keep my commandments.
    John 14:21
    Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.
  49. Cross References
    Revelation 3:20
    Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
  50. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 6:16
    What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, "I will make my dwelling among them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
    1 John 2:24
    Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
  51. Cross References
    John 14:10
    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.
    John 7:16
    So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
  52. Cross References
    John 14:16
    And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever.
  53. Cross References
    Luke 24:49
    And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you. But stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.
    Acts 2:33
    Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
    John 15:26
    But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
    John 16:7
    Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
  54. Cross References
    John 16:13
    When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
    1 Corinthians 2:10
    These things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.
    1 John 2:20
    But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
    1 John 2:27
    But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie - just as it has taught you, abide in him.
  55. Cross References
    John 2:22
    When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.
  56. Cross References
    John 20:19
    On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you.
    John 20:21
    Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.
    John 20:26
    Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you.
    Luke 24:36
    As they were talking about these things, Jesus himself stood among them, and said to them, "Peace to you!
  57. Cross References
    John 16:33
    I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
    Colossians 3:15
    And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.
    Ephesians 2:17
    And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
    Philippians 4:7
    And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
  58. Cross References
    John 14:1
    Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
  59. Cross References
    2 Timothy 1:7
    For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.
  60. Cross References
    John 14:2 - 4
    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?
  61. Cross References
    John 8:21
    So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
  62. Cross References
    John 14:12
    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.
  63. Cross References
    John 10:29
    My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand.
    Philippians 2:6
    Who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.
  64. Cross References
    John 13:19
    I am telling you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.
    John 16:4
    But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
  65. Cross References
    John 12:31
    Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
  66. Cross References
    John 17:14
    I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
    John 18:36
    Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world.
    Hebrews 4:15
    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
  67. Cross References
    John 12:49 - 50
    For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself given me a commandment - what to say and what to speak.
    Philippians 2:8
    And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
    Hebrews 5:8
    Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
  68. Cross References
    John 17:21
    That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
    John 17:23
    I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
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