John 14:1-14

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I Am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life

14 ^(A)“Let not your hearts be troubled. ^(B)Believe in God;^[a] believe also in me. ²In ^(C)my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that ^(D)I go to prepare a place for you?^[b] ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you ^(E)to myself, that ^(F)where I am you may be also. ⁴And you know the way to where I am going.”^[c] ⁵^(G)Thomas said to him, “Lord, ^(H)we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” ⁶Jesus said to him, “I am ^(I)the way, and ^(J)the truth, and ^(K)the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. ⁷^(L)If you had known me, you would have ^(M)known my Father also.^[d] From now on you do know him and ^(N)have seen him.”

⁸^(O)Philip said to him, “Lord, ^(P)show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” ⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? ^(Q)Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that ^(R)I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you ^(S)I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ¹¹Believe me that ^(T)I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else ^(U)believe on account of the works themselves.

¹²“Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(V)whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I ^(W)am going to the Father. ¹³^(X)Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that ^(Y)the Father may be glorified in the Son. ¹⁴^(Z)If you ask me^[e] anything in my name, I will do it.

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Footnotes

John 14:1 Or You believe in God
John 14:2 Or In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you
John 14:4 Some manuscripts Where I am going you know, and the way you know
John 14:7 Or If you know me, you will know my Father also, or If you have known me, you will know my Father also
John 14:14 Some manuscripts omit me

Job 23

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Job Replies: Where Is God?

23 Then Job answered and said:

²“Today also my ^(A)complaint is bitter;^[a]
    my ^(B)hand is heavy on account of my groaning.
³Oh, ^(C)that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his ^(D)seat!
⁴I would ^(E)lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵I would know what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
⁶Would he ^(F)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No; he would pay attention to me.
⁷There an upright man could argue with him,
    and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

⁸“Behold, ^(G)I go forward, but he is not there,
    and backward, but I do not perceive him;
⁹on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
    he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
¹⁰But he ^(H)knows ^(I)the way that I ^(J)take;
    when he has ^(K)tried me, I shall come out as gold.
¹¹My foot ^(L)has held fast to his steps;
    I have kept his way and have ^(M)not turned aside.
¹²I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
    I have ^(N)treasured the words of his mouth more than my ^(O)portion of food.
¹³But he is unchangeable,^[b] and ^(P)who can turn him back?
    What he ^(Q)desires, that he does.
¹⁴For he will complete what he ^(R)appoints for me,
    and many such things are ^(S)in his mind.
¹⁵Therefore I am terrified at his presence;
    when I consider, I am in dread of him.
¹⁶God has made my ^(T)heart faint;
    the Almighty has terrified me;
¹⁷yet I am not silenced because of the darkness,
    nor because thick darkness covers my face.