The Gospel According to St. John

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- Chapter 14 -

“Do not be upset or anxious. You are trusting in God; trust also in me.

Where my Father lives there are many places to live. If that were not true, I would have told you. I go there to prepare a place for you.

If I am going there to prepare a place for you, I will return and take you to be with me, so that where I am, there you may be with me.

You know where I am going, and you know the way.”

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, I am the truth, and I am the life. No one can come to the Father and live with him unless he comes through me.

If you knew me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and you have seen him.”

Philip said to Jesus, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be all we will ever want!”

Jesus said to him, “Philip, I have been with you so long, and still you do not know me. Those who have seen me, have seen my Father. So why do you say ‘Show us the Father’?

Do you not believe that I am joined to my Father and that my Father is joined to me? The things I have told you, I did not think of these things; rather, it is my Father who has sent me to tell you all of these things, for my Father is joined to me and works through me.

Trust me because I have told you that I am joined to the Father and that the Father is joined to me, or else trust me because of all the signs and mighty acts you have seen me do.

I am telling you the truth: Whoever trusts in me will also do the things that I do. He will do even greater works because I am going to be with the Father.

Whatever you ask in my name, that I will do. I will do this in order that everyone might honor the Father and that they might know the Father because of everything that I, his Son, do.

If you ask the Father for anything because you belong to me, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

(John 16:5–16)

If you love me, you will live as I have taught you.

Then I will ask the Father to give you another gift, and he will send you another Helper, one who will come alongside you to be with you forever.

He is the Spirit who tells the truth about God. The unbelieving people in this world will never welcome Him. The world cannot see him or know him. You know him because he lives with you and he will be joined to you.

I will not abandon you and leave you with no one to care for you; I will come to you.

Soon the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live.

When you see me again, you will know that I am joined to the Father and that you are joined to me and I to you.

Everyone who has heard my commandments and obeys them, they are the ones who love me. And the ones who love me, my Father will love them, too; I will love them and I will reveal myself to them.”

Then Judas (not Iscariot, but the other disciple with the same name) spoke to Jesus. He said, “Lord, how will you reveal yourself just to us and not to the whole world?”

Jesus replied to him, “This is how you can tell whether people love me: Whether they do what I have told you to do. Any people like this, my Father will love them. He and I will come to them and live with them.

As for those who do not love me, they will not obey what I have told them to do. The things I have told you are not things that I have decided to say on my own; instead, they are things that my Father has sent me to tell you.

I have said these things to you while I am still with you.

The Helper, the one who comes alongside to be with you, my Father will send him in my name. He will teach you everything that you need to know. He will also cause you to remember all the things that I have told you.

Peace I Leave with You

As I leave you with peace, it is my peace that I am giving to you. I give you a kind of peace no one and nothing that belongs to this world can give you. So do not be upset or anxious; and do not be afraid.

You heard me say to you that I am going away and will later come back to you. If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going back to the Father because the Father is greater than I am.

I have told you these things now before they happen so that, when they do happen, you will continue to trust me.

I will not be able to talk with you much longer because the ruler of this world is coming. However, he has no power over me,

and I will do what the Father has commanded me to do. This is so that the world will know forever that I love the Father. Come, let us go from here.”

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me.

In my Father’s house are many homes. If it weren’t so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will receive you to myself; that where I am, you may be there also.

You know where I go, and you know the way.”

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.”

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

Most certainly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and he will do greater works than these, because I am going to my Father.

Whatever you will ask in my name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

(John 16:5–16)

If you love me, keep my commandments.

I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, (a) that he may be with you forever:

the Spirit of truth, whom the world can’t receive, for it doesn’t see him and doesn’t know him. You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.

I will not leave you orphans. I will come to you.

Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

One who has my commandments and keeps them, that person is one who loves me. One who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him.”

Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”

Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

He who doesn’t love me doesn’t keep my words. The word which you hear isn’t mine, but the Father’s who sent me.

“I have said these things to you while still living with you.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Peace I Leave with You

Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, I give to you. Don’t let your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.

You heard how I told you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

Now I have told you before it happens so that when it happens, you may believe.

I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world comes, and he has nothing in me.

But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let’s go from here.

Footnotes

(a)14:16 Greek παρακλητον: Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, and Comforter.