The Way to the Father

14 “Your heart must not be troubled.(A) Believe[a] in God;(B) believe also in Me. In My Father’s house are many dwelling places;[b] if not, I would have told you. I am going away(C) to prepare a place for you. If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come back(D) and receive you to Myself, so that where I am you may be also.(E) You know the way to where I am going.”[c](F)

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Footnotes

  1. John 14:1 Or You believe
  2. John 14:2 The Vg used the Lat term mansio, a traveler’s resting place. The Gk word is related to the verb meno, meaning remain or stay, which occurs 40 times in John.
  3. John 14:4 Other mss read this verse: And you know where I am going, and you know the way

14  Do not let your hymeis heart kardia be troubled tarassō. · ho You trust pisteuō in eis · ho God theos; trust pisteuō also kai in eis me egō. In en · ho my egō Father’ s patēr house oikia · ho there are eimi many polys dwelling monē places ; if ei · de that were not the case, would an I have told legō you hymeis that hoti I am going poreuō there to prepare hetoimazō a place topos for you hymeis? And kai if ean I go poreuō and kai prepare hetoimazō a place topos for you hymeis, I will come erchomai again palin and kai take paralambanō you hymeis to be with pros me emautou, so hina that where hopou I egō am eimi, there you hymeis may be eimi also kai. And kai you know oida the ho way hodos to where hopou I egō am going hypagō.”

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