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John 14:5-9
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John 14:5-9
English Standard Version
5 (A)Thomas said to him, “Lord, (B)we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am (C)the way, and (D)the truth, and (E)the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7 (F)If you had known me, you would have (G)known my Father also.[a] From now on you do know him and (H)have seen him.”
8 (I)Philip said to him, “Lord, (J)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? (K)Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
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- John 14:7 Or If you know me, you will know my Father also, or If you have known me, you will know my Father also
John 14:5-9
New International Version
John 14:5-9
New International Version
Jesus the Way to the Father
5 Thomas(A) said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus answered, “I am(B) the way(C) and the truth(D) and the life.(E) No one comes to the Father except through me.(F) 7 If you really know me, you will know[a] my Father as well.(G) From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”
8 Philip(H) said, “Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.(I) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
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- John 14:7 Some manuscripts If you really knew me, you would know
John 14:5-9
King James Version
John 14:5-9
King James Version
5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?
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