JOHN Chapter 14 - Jesus Comforts His Disciples

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

'Do not let your heats be Troubled.

Trust in God;

Trust also in Me.

2 In My Father's House are many rooms;

If it were not so,

I would have told you.

I am going there to Prepare a Place for you.

3 And if I go and Prepare a Place for you,

I WILL COME BACK AND TAKE YOU

TO BE WITH ME

THAT YOU ALSO MAY BE WHERE I AM.

4 YOU KNOW THE WAY

TO THE PLACE WHERE I AM GOING.'

Jesus The Way To The Father

5 Thomas said to Him,

'LORD WE DON' KNOW WHERE YOU ARE GOING,

SO HOW CAN WE KNOW THE WAY?'

6 Jesus answered,

'I AM THE WAY AND THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE.

NO ONE COMES TO THE FTHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME.

7 IF YOU REALLY KNEW ME,

YOU WOULD KNOW MY FATHER AS WELL.

FROM NOW ON, YOU DO KNOW HIM

AND HAVE SEEN HIM.'

8 Philip 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.

(Jesus is the visible Form of God)

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?

THE WORDS I SAY TO YOU ARE NOT JUST MY OWN.

RATHER, IT IS THE FATHER,

LIVING IN ME, WHO IS DOING HIS WORK.

11 BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY

THAT I AM IN THE FATHER

AND THE FATHER IS IN ME;

OR AT LEAST

BELIEVE ON THE EVIDENCE OF THE MIRACLES THEMSELVES.

12 I TELL YOU THE TRUTH,

ANYONE WHO HAS FAITH IN ME

WILL DO WHAT I HAVE BEEN DOING.

HE WILL DO EVEN GREATER THINGS THAN THESE,

BECAUSE I AM GOING TO THE FATHER.

13 AND I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME,

SO THAT THE SON MAY BRING GLORY TO THE FATHER.

14 YOU MAY ASK ME FOR ANYTHING IN MY NAME,

AND I WILL DO IT.

Jesus Promises The Holy Spirit

15 'IF YOU LOVE ME,

YOU WILL OBEY WHAT I COMMAND.

16 AND I WILL ASK THE FATHER,

ANDHE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COUNSELOR

TO BEWITH YOU FOREVER--

17 THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.

THE WORLD CANNOT ACCEPT HIM,

BECAUSE IT NEITHER SEES HIM NOR KNOWS HIM.

BUT YOU KNOW HIM,

FOR HE LIVES WITH YOU

AND WILL BE IN YOU (after Pentecost).

18 I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU AS OPHAS;

I WILL COME TO YOU.

19 BEFORE LONG,

THE WORLD WILL NOT SEE ME ANYMORE,

BUT YOU WILL SEE ME.

BECAUSE I LIVE YOU WILL ALSO LIVE.

ON THAT DAY (the Day of Pentecost)

YOU WILL REALIZE THAT I AM IN MY FATHER,

AND YOU ARE IN ME,

AND I AM IN YOU.

21 WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS

AND OBEYS THE,

HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME.

HE WHO LOVE ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER,

AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM

AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM.

22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said,

'But Lord,

Why do you intend to show yourself to us

And not to the World?'

23 Jesus replied,

'IF ANYONE LOVES ME,

HE WILL OBEY MY TEACHING.

MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM,

AND WE WILL COME TO HIM

AND MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM.

24 HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME

WILL NOT OBEY MY TEACHING.

THESE WORDS YOU HEAR ARE NOT MY OWN,

THEY BELONG TO THE FATHER WHO SENT ME.

25 ALL THIS I HAVE SPOKEN WHILE STILL WITH YOU.

BUT THE COUNSELOR, THE HOLY SPIRIT,

WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME,

WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS

AND WILL REMIND YOU

OF EVERYTHING I HAVE SAID TO YOU.

27 PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU;

MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU.

I DO NOT GIVE TO YOU AS THE WORLD GIVES.

DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BETORUBLED

AND DO NOT BE AFRAID.

28 YOU HEARD ME SAY,

'I AM GOING AWAY AND I AM COMING BACK TO YOU.'

IF YOU LOVED ME, YOU WOULD BE GLAD

THAT I AM GOING TO THE FATHER,

FOR THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I.

29 I HAVE TOLD YHOU NOW BEFORE IT HAPPENS,

SO THAT WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN

YOU WILL BELIEVE.

30 I WILL NOT SPEAK WITH YOU MUCH LONGER,

FOR THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD (Satan) IS COMING.

HE HAS NO HOLD ON ME,

31 BUT THE WORLD MUST LEARN

THAT I LOVE THE FATHER

AND I DO EXACTLY

WHAT MY FATHER HAS COMMANDED ME.

'COME NOW; LET US LEAVE.

(John 14)