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The Way to the Father

¹ “Don’t let your heart be troubled.² In my Father’s house are many rooms; if not, I would have told you. I am going away³ If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again⁴ You know the way to where I am going.”

⁵ “Lord,” Thomas^(C1) said, “we don’t know where you’re going. How can we know the way?”

⁶ Jesus told him, “I am⁷ If you know me, you will also know

Jesus Reveals the Father

⁸ “Lord,” said Philip,^(C1) “show us the Father, and that’s enough for us.”

⁹ 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.¹⁰ Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?¹¹ Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me. Otherwise, believe

Praying in Jesus’s Name

¹² “Truly I tell you, the one who believes in me¹³ Whatever you ask in my name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified¹⁴ If you ask me

Another Counselor Promised

¹⁵ “If you love me, you will keep¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor¹⁷ He is the Spirit

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.¹⁹ In a little while the world will no longer see me,²⁰ On that day you will know that I am in my Father,²¹ The one who has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me.

²² Judas^(C1) (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it you’re going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” ^(C2)

²³ Jesus answered, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.²⁴ The one who doesn’t love me will not keep my words. The word that you hear is not mine but is from the Father who sent me.

²⁵ “I have spoken these things to you while I remain with you.²⁶ But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit,

Jesus’s Gift of Peace

²⁷ “Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Don’t let your heart be troubled or fearful.²⁸ You have heard me tell you, ‘I am going away²⁹ I have told you now before it happens³⁰ I will not talk with you much longer, because the ruler of the world³¹ On the contrary, so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do as the Father commanded me.