
John 14:1-14
Fifth Sunday of Easter A
1 “Do not let your heartsI be troubled.II BelieveIII in God;IV believe also in me.
2 In my Father’sV houseVI there are manyVII dwelling places.VIII
If it were not so, would I have told you that I goIX to prepareX a placeXI for you?
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will comeXII again and will takeXIII you to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also. 4 And you knowXIV the wayXV to the place where I am going.”XVI
5 ThomasXVII saidXVIII to him, “Lord,XIX we do not know where you are going.XX How canXXI we know the way?”
6 JesusXXII said to him, “I am the way and the truthXXIII and the life.XXIV No one comes to the Father except through me.
7 If you knowXXV me, you will knowXXVI my Father also. From now on you do knowXXVII him and have seenXXVIII him.”
8 PhilipXXIX said to him, “Lord, showXXX us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”XXXI
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time,XXXII Philip, and you still do not knowXXXIII me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The wordsXXXIV that I say to you I do not speak on my own,
but the Father who dwellsXXXV in me doesXXXVI his works.XXXVII 11 Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, but if you do not, then believe because of the works themselves. 12 Very truly,XXXVIII I tellXXXIX you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do
and, in fact, will do greaterXL works than these, because I am goingXLI to the Father. 13 I will do whatever you askXLII in my name,XLIII so that the Father may be glorifiedXLIV in the Son.XLV 14 If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.
Image credit: Jesus at the Sumela Monastery in Turkey. Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili, 2006.