John 13:36-14:14

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³⁶ Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”^(A)

Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now,^(B) but you will follow later.”^(C)

³⁷ Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

³⁸ Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!^(D)

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.^(E) You believe^(F) in God^[a];^(G) believe also in me. ² My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there^(H) to prepare a place for you? ³ And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back^(I) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.^{(J) 4} You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Jesus the Way to the Father

⁵ Thomas^(K) said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus answered, “I am^(L) the way^(M) and the truth^(N) and the life.^(O) No one comes to the Father except through me.^{(P) 7} If you really know me, you will know^[b] my Father as well.^(Q) From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

⁸ Philip^(R) 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.^(S) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me?^(T) The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority.^(U) 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 works themselves.^{(V) 12} Very truly I tell you, whoever believes^(W) in me will do the works I have been doing,^(X) and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. ¹³ And I will do whatever you ask^(Y) in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴ You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.