Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “^(A)Do not let your heart be troubled; ^[a]believe 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 ^(B)I go to prepare a place for you. ³ If I go and prepare a place for you, ^(C)I will come again and receive you to Myself, that ^(D)where I am, there you may be also. ⁴ And you know the way where I am going.” ^5 (E)Thomas *said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?” ⁶ Jesus *said to him, “I am ^(F)the way, and ^(G)the truth, and ^(H)the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

Oneness with the Father

^7 (I)If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you ^(J)know Him, and have ^(K)seen Him.”

^8 (L)Philip *said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹ Jesus *said to him, “Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? ^(M)He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Do you not believe that ^(N)I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? ^(O)The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. ¹¹ Believe Me that ^(P)I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise ^(Q)believe 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 ^(R)greater works than these he will do; because ^(S)I go to the Father. ^13 (T)Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that ^(U)the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask Me anything ^(V)in My name, I will do it.

¹⁵ “^(W)If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Role of the Spirit

¹⁶ I will ask the Father, and He will give you another ^[b](X)Helper, that He may be with you forever; ¹⁷ that is ^(Y)the Spirit of truth, ^(Z)whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; ^(AA)I will come to you. ^19 [c](AB)After a little while ^(AC)the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; ^(AD)because I live, you will live also. ^20 (AE)In that day you will know that ^(AF)I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. ^21 (AG)He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and ^(AH)he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will ^(AI)disclose Myself to him.” ^22 (AJ)Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, “Lord, what then has happened ^(AK)that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?” ²³ Jesus answered and said to him, “^(AL)If anyone loves Me, he will ^(AM)keep My word; and ^(AN)My Father will love him, and We ^(AO)will come to him and make Our abode with him. ²⁴ He who does not love Me ^(AP)does not keep My words; and ^(AQ)the 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 ^(AR)Helper, the Holy Spirit, ^(AS)whom the Father will send in My name, ^(AT)He will teach you all things, and ^(AU)bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. ^27 (AV)Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. ^(AW)Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. ^28 (AX)You heard that I said to you, ‘I go away, and ^(AY)I will come to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because ^(AZ)I go to the Father, for ^(BA)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ Now ^(BB)I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. ³⁰ I will not speak much more with you, for ^(BC)the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; ³¹ but so that the world may know that I love the Father, ^[d]I do exactly as ^(BD)the Father commanded Me. Get up, ^(BE)let us go from here.