¹⁸ No one has ever seen God,^(A) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and^[a](B) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

⁴⁶ No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^(A) only he has seen the Father.

²⁹ but I know him^(A) because I am from him and he sent me.”^(B)

¹⁹ Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”

“You do not know me or my Father,”^(A) Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”^(B)

¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father^(A)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.^(B)