Read the New Testament in 24 Weeks

I Go To Prepare a Place For You So That You May Be With Me. And You Know The Way

14 “Do not let your^[a] heart be troubled. Be believing^[b] in God. Be believing also in Me. ² There are many places-to-stay^[c] in the house of My Father— otherwise, I would have told you. ³ For I am going to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I am coming back^[d]. And I will take^[e] you to Myself— in order that where I am, you also may be. ⁴ And you know the way where I am going”.

I Am The Way, The Truth, And The Life. And You Have Seen The Father

⁵ Thomas says to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going. How are we able to know the way?” ⁶ Jesus says to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through^[f] Me. ⁷ If you^[g] have known Me, you will know^[h] My Father also. And from now on, you know Him, and you have seen Him”.

He Who Has Seen Me Has Seen The Father

⁸ Philip says to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us”. ⁹ Jesus says to him, “Am I with you^[i] all for so long a time, and you^[j] have not known^[k] Me, Philip?— the one having seen Me has seen the Father. How is it you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? I am not speaking the words which I am saying to you^[l] from Myself, but the Father abiding in Me is doing His works. ¹¹ Be believing Me— that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Otherwise, be believing because of the works themselves.

You Will Do Greater Works Than I. The Father Will Send You The Helper

¹² “Truly, truly, I say to you— the one believing in Me, that one also will do the works which I am doing. And he will do greater^[m] works than these, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ And whatever thing you ask in My name, this I will do, in order that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. ¹⁵ If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. ¹⁶ And I will request the Father, and He will give you another Helper^[n] to be with^[o] you forever— ¹⁷ the Spirit of truth, Whom the world is not able to receive because it does not see nor know Him. You know Him because He abides with^[p] you, and will be in^[q] you.

You Will See Me Again. And I Will Reveal Myself To Those Who Love Me

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans. I am going to come to you. ¹⁹ A little longer, and the world is no longer going to see Me, but you are going to see Me. Because I live, you also will live. ²⁰ On that day, you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you. ²¹ The one having My commandments and keeping them— that one is the one loving^[r] Me. And the one loving Me will be loved by My Father. And I will love him and reveal Myself to him”.

The Father And I Will Abide With Those Who Love Me And Keep My Word

²² Judas (not the Iscariot) says to Him, “Lord, what indeed has taken place that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world^[s]?” ²³ Jesus responded and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. And My Father will love him. And We will come to him. And We will make a place-to-stay with him. ²⁴ The one not loving Me does not keep My words. And the word which you^[t] are hearing is not Mine, but the Father’s having sent Me.

The Holy Spirit Whom The Father Will Send In My Name Will Teach You All Things

²⁵ “I have spoken these things to you while staying^[u] with you. ²⁶ But the Helper— the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name— that One will teach you all things, and remind you of everything which I said to you.

I Leave You My Peace. Do Not Be Troubled. I Am Returning To The Father

²⁷ “I leave you peace. I give you My peace. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid^[v]. ²⁸ You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going, and I am coming to you’. If you were loving^[w] Me, you would have rejoiced that I am going to the Father, because^[x] the Father is greater than Me. ²⁹ And now I have told you before it takes place, in order that when it takes place, you may believe.

I Love The Father And Am Doing Just What He Commanded Me To Do

³⁰ “I will no longer speak many things with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. And he does not have anything^[y] in Me, ³¹ but it is taking place in order that the world may know that I love^[z] the Father, and that just as the Father commanded Me, so I am doing.

I Am The Vine. Abide In Me And Bear Much Fruit. Abide In My Love

“Arise, let us be going from here. 15 ¹ I am the true grapevine, and My Father is the farmer. ² Every branch in Me not bearing fruit— He takes it away^[aa]. And every branch bearing fruit— He cleans^[ab] it in order that it may bear more fruit. ³ You are already clean, because of the word which I have spoken to you. ⁴ Abide^[ac] in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit from itself unless it is abiding in the grapevine, so neither are you able unless you are abiding in Me. ⁵ I am the grapevine, you are the branches. The one abiding^[ad] in Me and I in him— this one bears much fruit. Because apart from Me, you can do nothing. ⁶ If anyone is not abiding in Me— he was thrown^[ae] outside like the branch, and was dried-up. And they gather them together, and throw them into the fire. And they are burned. ⁷ If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. ⁸ By this My Father is glorified— that you be bearing much fruit, and be^[af] disciples to Me. ⁹ Just as the Father loved Me, I also loved you. Abide^[ag] in My love. ¹⁰ If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love— just as I have kept the commandments of My Father and am abiding in His love.

You Are My Friends. I Chose You And Appointed You To Bear Much Fruit

¹¹ “I have spoken these things to you in order that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be made full. ¹² This is My commandment: that you be loving one another just as I loved you. ¹³ No one has greater love than this: that one lay-down his life for his friends. ¹⁴ You are My friends if you are doing the things which I command you. ¹⁵ I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not know what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I made-known to you everything which I heard from My Father. ¹⁶ You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you, in order that you may go and bear fruit and your fruit may remain, in order that He may give you whatever thing you ask the Father in My name. ¹⁷ I am commanding these things to you so-that you will love one another.

The World Will Hate You As It Hated Me, Because You Will Be Testifying of Me

¹⁸ “If the world hates you, you know^[ah] that it has hated Me before you. ¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would be loving its own. But because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world— for this reason the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember^[ai] the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master’. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But they will do all these things to you because of My name, because they do not know the One having sent Me. ²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be having sin. But now they do not have an excuse for their sin. ²³ The one hating Me is also hating My Father. ²⁴ If I had not done among them the works which no other one did, they would not be having sin. But now they have both seen and have hated both Me and My Father. ²⁵ But it has taken place in order that the word having been written in their Law [in Ps 69:4] might be fulfilled— that ‘They hated Me without-a-reason’. ²⁶ When the Helper comes Whom I will send to you from the Father— the Spirit of truth, Who proceeds from the Father— that One will testify about Me. ²⁷ And you also are going to be testifying, because you are [the ones] with Me from the beginning.