“Lord,” Thomas(A) said, “we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way?”

Jesus told him, “I am(B) the way,(C) the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, you will also know[a] my Father.(D) From now on you do know him(E) and have seen him.”

Jesus Reveals the Father

“Lord,” said Philip,(F) “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

Jesus said to him, “Have I been among you all this time and you do not know me, Philip? The one who has seen me has seen the Father.(G) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?(H) The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own.(I) The Father who lives in me does his works.(J) 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe[b] because of the works themselves.(K)

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  1. 14:7 Other mss read If you had known me, you would have known
  2. 14:11 Other mss read believe me

Thomas asked him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you have known me, you will also know my Father. From now on you know him and have seen him.”

Philip told him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will satisfy us.”

“Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?” Jesus asked him. “The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 You believe, don’t you, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I don’t speak on my own. It is the Father who dwells in me and who carries out his work. 11 Believe me, I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe me[a] because of what I’ve been doing.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. John 14:11 Other mss. lack me
  2. John 14:11 Lit. of the works themselves