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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>John 14 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/john/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/john/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > John 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../john/13.htm" title="John 13">◄</a> John 14 <a href="../john/15.htm" title="John 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Jesus the Way to the Father</h3><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_1"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.1" class="v43_14_1">1</span>“Do not be worried and upset,” Jesus told them. “Believe<a href="#fn" id="link_John.14.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> in God and believe also in me. </span><span class="v43_14_2"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.2" class="v43_14_2">2</span>There 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.<a href="#fn" id="link_John.14.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span><span class="v43_14_3"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.3" class="v43_14_3">3</span>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. </span><span class="v43_14_4"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.4" class="v43_14_4">4</span>You know the way that leads to the place where I am going.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_5"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.5" class="v43_14_5">5</span>Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going; so how can we know the way to get there?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_6"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.6" class="v43_14_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_John.14.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one goes to the Father except by me. </span><span class="v43_14_7"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.7" class="v43_14_7">7</span>Now that you have known me,” he said to them, “you will know<a href="#fn" id="link_John.14.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> my Father also, and from now on you do know him and you have seen him.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_8"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.8" class="v43_14_8">8</span>Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father; that is all we need.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_9"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.9" class="v43_14_9">9</span>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’? </span><span class="v43_14_10"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.10" class="v43_14_10">10</span>Do 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. </span><span class="v43_14_11"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.11" class="v43_14_11">11</span>Believe 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. </span><span class="v43_14_12"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.12" class="v43_14_12">12</span>I 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. </span><span class="v43_14_13"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.13" class="v43_14_13">13</span>And I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father's glory will be shown through the Son. </span><span class="v43_14_14"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.14" class="v43_14_14">14</span>If you ask me<a href="#fn" id="link_John.14.14!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> for anything in my name, I will do it.</span></p><h3 class="s">The Promise of the Holy Spirit</h3><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_15"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.15" class="v43_14_15">15</span><a href="#fn" id="link_John.14.15!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “If you love me, you will obey my commandments. </span><span class="v43_14_16"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.16" class="v43_14_16">16</span>I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, who will stay with you forever. </span><span class="v43_14_17"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.17" class="v43_14_17">17</span>He is the Spirit, who reveals the truth about God. The world cannot receive him, because it cannot see him or know him. But you know him, because he remains with you and is<a href="#fn" id="link_John.14.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> in you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_18"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.18" class="v43_14_18">18</span>“When I go, you will not be left all alone; I will come back to you. </span><span class="v43_14_19"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.19" class="v43_14_19">19</span>In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will see me; and because I live, you also will live. </span><span class="v43_14_20"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.20" class="v43_14_20">20</span>When that day comes, you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me, just as I am in you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_21"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.21" class="v43_14_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_John.14.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Those who accept my commandments and obey them are the ones who love me. My Father will love those who love me; I too will love them and reveal myself to them.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_22"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.22" class="v43_14_22">22</span>Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “Lord, how can it be that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_23"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.23" class="v43_14_23">23</span>Jesus answered him, “Those who love me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and my Father and I will come to them and live with them. </span><span class="v43_14_24"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.24" class="v43_14_24">24</span>Those who do not love me do not obey my teaching. And the teaching you have heard is not mine, but comes from the Father, who sent me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_25"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.25" class="v43_14_25">25</span>“I have told you this while I am still with you. </span><span class="v43_14_26"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.26" class="v43_14_26">26</span>The Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and make you remember all that I have told you.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_27"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.27" class="v43_14_27">27</span>“Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I give you. I do not give it as the world does. Do not be worried and upset; do not be afraid. </span><span class="v43_14_28"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.28" class="v43_14_28">28</span>You heard me say to you, ‘I am leaving, but I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father; for he is greater than I. </span><span class="v43_14_29"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.29" class="v43_14_29">29</span>I have told you this now before it all happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe. </span><span class="v43_14_30"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.30" class="v43_14_30">30</span>I cannot talk with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me, </span><span class="v43_14_31"><span class="reftext" id="John.14.31" class="v43_14_31">31</span>but the world must know that I love the Father; that is why I do everything as he commands me.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v43_14_31">“Come, let us go from this place.</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.1: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Believe; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">You believe.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.2: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">There are … were not so; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">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?</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.7: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Now that you have known me … you will know; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">some manuscripts have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">If you had known me … you would know.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.14: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Some manuscripts do not have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">me.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">14.17: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">is; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">some manuscripts have </char><char style="fq" closed="false">will be.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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