Read John 14:1-14

Read John 14:1-14

“Do not be worried and upset,” Jesus told them. “Believe^c in God and believe also in me. ²There are many rooms in my Father’s house, and I am going to prepare a place for you. I would not tell you this if it were not so.^{d 3}And after I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to myself, so that you will be where I am. ⁴You know the way that leads to the place where I am going.”

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; so how can we know the way to get there?”

6 Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me. ⁷Now that you have known me,” he said to them, “you will know^e my Father also, and from now on you do know him and you have seen him.”

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father; that is all we need.”

9 Jesus answered, “For a long time I have been with you all; yet you do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. Why, then, do you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe, Philip, that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I have spoken to you,” Jesus said to his disciples, “do not come from me. The Father, who remains in me, does his own work. ¹¹Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. If not, believe because of the things I do. ¹²I am telling you the truth: those who believe in me will do what I do—yes, they will do even greater things, because I am going to the Father. ¹³And I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father’s glory will be shown through the Son. ¹⁴If you ask me^f for anything in my name, I will do it.

Think

In this passage Jesus speaks of himself as "...the way, and the truth, and the life."

The early Christian movement was known as 'The Way.'  They were people who followed 'the way' of Jesus.  The way of the servant King.

Pray

Lord, you have made the path by walking ahead of me.  Help me to follow your way.

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^c Believe; or You believe.

^d There are ... were not so; or There are many rooms in my Father’s house; if it were not so, would I tell you that I am going to prepare a place for you?

^e Now that you have known me ... you will know; some manuscripts have If you had known me ... you would know.

^f Some manuscripts do not have me.