Isaiah 5:1-7

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The Song of the Vineyard

5 I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:^(A)
My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
²He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.^(B)
He built a watchtower^(C) in it
    and cut out a winepress^(D) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.^(E)

³“Now you dwellers in Jerusalem and people of Judah,
    judge between me and my vineyard.^(F)
⁴What more could have been done for my vineyard
    than I have done for it?^(G)
When I looked for good grapes,
    why did it yield only bad?^(H)
⁵Now I will tell you
    what I am going to do to my vineyard:
I will take away its hedge,
    and it will be destroyed;^(I)
I will break down its wall,^(J)
    and it will be trampled.^(K)
⁶I will make it a wasteland,^(L)
    neither pruned nor cultivated,
    and briers and thorns^(M) will grow there.
I will command the clouds
    not to rain^(N) on it.”

⁷The vineyard^(O) of the Lord Almighty
    is the nation of Israel,
and the people of Judah
    are the vines he delighted in.
And he looked for justice,^(P) but saw bloodshed;
    for righteousness,^(Q) but heard cries of distress.^(R)

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John 14:1-7

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Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.^(A) You believe^(B) in God^[a];^(C) believe also in me. ²My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there^(D) to prepare a place for you? ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back^(E) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.^(F) ⁴You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Jesus the Way to the Father

⁵Thomas^(G) said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶Jesus answered, “I am^(H) the way^(I) and the truth^(J) and the life.^(K) No one comes to the Father except through me.^(L) ⁷If you really know me, you will know^[b] my Father as well.^(M) From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

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Footnotes

John 14:1 Or Believe in God
John 14:7 Some manuscripts If you really knew me, you would know

John 14:18-21

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¹⁸I will not leave you as orphans;^(A) I will come to you.^(B) ¹⁹Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me.^(C) Because I live, you also will live.^(D) ²⁰On that day^(E) you will realize that I am in my Father,^(F) and you are in me, and I am in you.^(G) ²¹Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.^(H) The one who loves me will be loved by my Father,^(I) and I too will love them and show myself to them.”

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John 14:27-31

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²⁷Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.^(A) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled^(B) and do not be afraid.

²⁸“You heard me say, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’^(C) If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father,^(D) for the Father is greater than I.^(E) ²⁹I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe.^(F) ³⁰I will not say much more to you, for the prince of this world^(G) is coming. He has no hold over me, ³¹but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me.^(H)