Gospel of John
John 14
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
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Before you Read
John 14 continues Jesus’ final conversation with His disciples as He prepares them for His departure. He comforts them with the promise of the Father’s house, declares that He is the way, the truth, and the life, and begins teaching them about the coming Holy Spirit. As you read, notice how Jesus answers their uncertainty with reassurance, relationship, and the promise that they will not be left alone.
Read John 14
In My Father’s House Are Many Rooms
1 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
2 In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that 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 welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
4 You know the way to the place where I am going.”
The Way, the Truth, and the Life
5 “Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not 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 Father except through Me.
7 If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who 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 words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me — or at least believe on account of the works themselves.
12 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am 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 Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
(John 16:5–16)
15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever —
17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
19 In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
20 On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.
21 Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
22 Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
23 Jesus replied, “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 Whoever does not love Me does not keep My words. The word that you hear is not My own, but it is from the Father who sent Me.
25 All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you.
26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.
Peace I Leave with 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 be troubled; 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 rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
29 And now I have told you 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 is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
31 But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
Footnotes:
14:1 Or Believe in God
14:2 Or If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
14:4 BYZ and TR And where I go you know, and the way you know.
14:14 TR does not include Me.
14:15 Or If you love Me, keep
14:16 Or Comforter or Helper or Counselor; Greek Paraclete; also in verse 26
14:17 WH and is in you
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A Word Worth Knowing
Comforter — παράκλητος (Paraklētos)
The Greek word paraklētos can mean “helper,” “advocate,” “counselor,” or “one called alongside.” In John 14, Jesus uses this word when He promises that the Father will send the Holy Spirit to be with His disciples.
The disciples are troubled because Jesus has told them He is leaving. His promise of the Paraklētos assures them that they will not be abandoned or left to face what comes next on their own.
Throughout John 14, Jesus connects the Spirit’s presence with teaching, remembrance, peace, and continued relationship with Him.
So when Jesus promises the Paraklētos, He is giving His disciples more than comfort for a difficult moment. He is promising God’s abiding presence with them through the Holy Spirit.
Look for This as You Read
Jesus’ promise to prepare a place.
His claim to be the way, truth, and life.
The promise of the Holy Spirit.
What Jesus says about loving and obeying Him.
His promise of peace.
Take This With You
Reflection:
What do Jesus’ words in this chapter teach you about where to turn when your heart is troubled or uncertain?
Step Into Their World
A father’s house was a picture of belonging and welcome
When Jesus tells His disciples, “In My Father’s house are many rooms,” they would have heard His words through a world where family and household relationships were central to everyday life.
Extended families often lived closely connected to one another. As families grew, additional living spaces could be added to the
household property so that sons and their families remained part of the larger family home.
That helps us hear the warmth in Jesus’ promise. The disciples have just learned that He is leaving, and they do not understand where He is going or how they can follow. Jesus answers their fear with the language of home and belonging.
He tells them that He is going to prepare a place for them and that He will come again so that “you also may be where I am.”
The heart of the promise is not simply a description of what heaven looks like. Jesus is reassuring His troubled disciples that separation will not have the final word.
They belong in the Father’s household, and Jesus is making clear that their future is ultimately with Him.
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