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Learn about the sources and coverage →“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust in Me also.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
Μὴ ταρασσέσθω ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία∙ πιστεύετε εἰς τὸν θεόν, καὶ εἰς ἐμὲ πιστεύετε.
Mē tarassesthō hymōn hē kardia; pisteuete eis ton theon, kai eis eme pisteuete.
In My Father’s house there are many places prepared for His family to live. If that were not true, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you.
In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν∙ εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν∙ Πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν.
En tē oikia tou patros mou monai pollai eisin; ei de mē, eipon an hymin; Poreuomai hetoimasai topon hymin.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and bring you to be with Me, so that where I am, you may be there also.
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
Καὶ ἐὰν πορευθῶ, ἑτοιμάσω ὑμῖν τόπον∙ πάλιν ἔρχομαι καὶ παραλήψομαι ὑμᾶς πρὸς ἐμαυτόν, ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγώ, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἦτε.
Kai ean poreuthō, hetoimasō hymin topon; palin erchomai kai paralēpsomai hymas pros emauton, hina hopou eimi egō, kai hymeis ēte.
You know where I am going, and you know the way.”
And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.
Καὶ ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω οἴδατε, καὶ τὴν ὁδὸν οἴδατε.
Kai hopou egō hypagō oidate, kai tēn hodon oidate.
Thomas said, “Lord, we don’t know where You are going. How can we know the way?”
Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
Λέγει αὐτῷ Θωμᾶς, Κύριε, οὐκ οἴδαμεν ποῦ ὑπάγεις∙ καὶ πῶς δυνάμεθα τὴν ὁδὸν εἰδέναι;
Legei autō Thōmas, Kyrie, ouk oidamen pou hypageis; kai pōs dynametha tēn hodon eidenai?
Jesus answered, “I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς καὶ ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή∙ οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, εἰ μὴ δι’ ἐμοῦ.
Legei autō ho Iēsous, Egō eimi hē hodos kai hē alētheia kai hē zōē; oudeis erchetai pros ton patera, ei mē di’ emou.
If you had truly known Me, you would have known My Father also. From now on, you know Him and have seen Him.”
If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.
Εἰ ἐγνώκειτέ με, καὶ τὸν πατέρα μου ἐγνώκειτε ἄν∙ καὶ ἀπ’ ἄρτι γινώσκετε αὐτόν, καὶ ἑωράκατε αὐτόν.
Ei egnōkeite me, kai ton patera mou egnōkeite an; kai ap’ arti ginōskete auton, kai heōrakate auton.
Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
Λέγει αὐτῷ Φίλιππος, Κύριε, δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ἀρκεῖ ἡμῖν.
Legei autō Philippos, Kyrie, deixon hēmin ton patera, kai arkei hēmin.
Jesus answered, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and you still do not know who I am? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. So how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Τοσοῦτον χρόνον μεθ’ ὑμῶν εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωκάς με, Φίλιππε; Ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμέ, ἑώρακεν τὸν πατέρα∙ καὶ πῶς σὺ λέγεις, Δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν πατέρα;
Legei autō ho Iēsous, Tosouton chronon meth’ hymōn eimi, kai ouk egnōkas me, Philippe? Ho heōrakōs eme, heōraken ton patera; kai pōs sy legeis, Deixon hēmin ton patera?
Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I speak to you are not spoken independently from Him. The Father living in Me is doing His works through Me.
Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
Οὐ πιστεύεις ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρί, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί ἐστιν; Τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγὼ λαλῶ ὑμῖν, ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ λαλῶ∙ ὁ δὲ πατὴρ ὁ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένων, αὐτὸς ποιεῖ τὰ ἔργα.
Ou pisteueis hoti egō en tō patri, kai ho patēr en emoi estin? Ta rhēmata ha egō lalō hymin, ap’ emautou ou lalō; ho de patēr ho en emoi menōn, autos poiei ta erga.
Believe Me when I tell you that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me. Or at least believe because of the works themselves.
Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
Πιστεύετέ μοι ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρί, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί∙ εἰ δὲ μή, διὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτὰ πιστεύετέ μοι.
Pisteuete moi hoti egō en tō patri, kai ho patēr en emoi; ei de mē, dia ta erga auta pisteuete moi.
Truly, truly, I tell you: whoever believes in Me will also do the works I do, and will do even greater works than these because I am going to My Father.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.
Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ κἀκεῖνος ποιήσει, καὶ μείζονα τούτων ποιήσει∙ ὅτι ἐγὼ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου πορεύομαι.
Amēn amēn legō hymin, ho pisteuōn eis eme, ta erga ha egō poiō kakeinos poiēsei, kai meizona toutōn poiēsei; hoti egō pros ton patera mou poreuomai.
Whatever you ask in My name, I will do it so that the Father may be glorified through the Son.
And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
Καὶ ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, τοῦτο ποιήσω, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ.
Kai ho ti an aitēsēte en tō onomati mou, touto poiēsō, hina doxasthē ho patēr en tō huiō.
If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.
If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Ἐάν τι αἰτήσητέ με ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐγὼ ποιήσω.
Ean ti aitēsēte me en tō onomati mou, egō poiēsō.
If you love Me, keep My commandments.
¶ If ye love me, keep my commandments.
Ἐὰν ἀγαπᾶτέ με, τὰς ἐντολὰς τὰς ἐμὰς τηρήσατε.
Ean agapate me, tas entolas tas emas tērēsate.
I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper who will remain with you forever—
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Καὶ ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω τὸν πατέρα, καὶ ἄλλον παράκλητον δώσει ὑμῖν, ἵνα μένῃ μεθ’ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα,
Kai egō erōtēsō ton patera, kai allon paraklēton dōsei hymin, hina menē meth’ hymōn eis ton aiōna,
the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot receive Him because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him because He remains with you and will live within you.
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὃ ὁ κόσμος οὐ δύναται λαβεῖν, ὅτι οὐ θεωρεῖ αὐτό, οὐδὲ γινώσκει αὐτό. Ὑμεῖς δὲ γινώσκετε αὐτό, ὅτι παρ’ ὑμῖν μένει, καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν ἔσται.
to pneuma tēs alētheias, ho ho kosmos ou dynatai labein, hoti ou theōrei auto, oude ginōskei auto. Hymeis de ginōskete auto, hoti par’ hymin menei, kai en hymin estai.
I will not leave you abandoned like orphans. I will come to you.
I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Οὐκ ἀφήσω ὑμᾶς ὀρφανούς∙ ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς.
Ouk aphēsō hymas orphanous; erchomai pros hymas.
In a little while, the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Ἔτι μικρὸν καὶ ὁ κόσμος με οὐκέτι θεωρεῖ, ὑμεῖς δὲ θεωρεῖτέ με∙ ὅτι ἐγὼ ζῶ, καὶ ὑμεῖς ζήσεσθε.
Eti mikron kai ho kosmos me ouketi theōrei, hymeis de theōreite me; hoti egō zō, kai hymeis zēsesthe.
When that day comes, you will understand that I am in My Father, you are in Me, and I am in you.
At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ γνώσεσθε ὑμεῖς ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρί μου, καὶ ὑμεῖς ἐν ἐμοί, καὶ ἐγὼ ἐν ὑμῖν.
En ekeinē tē hēmera gnōsesthe hymeis hoti egō en tō patri mou, kai hymeis en emoi, kai egō en hymin.
The person who knows My commandments and lives by them is the one who truly loves Me. Whoever loves Me will be loved by My Father. I will love that person and make Myself known to him.”
He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Ὁ ἔχων τὰς ἐντολάς μου καὶ τηρῶν αὐτάς, ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαπῶν με∙ ὁ δὲ ἀγαπῶν με, ἀγαπηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός μου∙ καὶ ἐγὼ ἀγαπήσω αὐτόν, καὶ ἐμφανίσω αὐτῷ ἐμαυτόν.
Ho echōn tas entolas mou kai tērōn autas, ekeinos estin ho agapōn me; ho de agapōn me, agapēthēsetai hypo tou patros mou; kai egō agapēsō auton, kai emphanisō autō emauton.
Judas—not Judas Iscariot—asked Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us but not to the world?”
Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
Λέγει αὐτῷ Ἰούδας, οὐχ ὁ Ἰσκαριώτης, Κύριε, καὶ τί γέγονεν ὅτι ἡμῖν μέλλεις ἐμφανίζειν σεαυτόν, καὶ οὐχὶ τῷ κόσμῳ;
Legei autō Ioudas, ouch ho Iskariōtēs, Kyrie, kai ti gegonen hoti hēmin melleis emphanizein seauton, kai ouchi tō kosmō?
Jesus answered, “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.
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἐάν τις ἀγαπᾷ με, τὸν λόγον μου τηρήσει, καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν, καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐλευσόμεθα, καὶ μονὴν παρ’ αὐτῷ ποιήσομεν.
Apekrithē Iēsous kai eipen autō, Ean tis agapa me, ton logon mou tērēsei, kai ho patēr mou agapēsei auton, kai pros auton eleusometha, kai monēn par’ autō poiēsomen.
Anyone who does not love Me does not keep My words. And the word you hear from Me is not Mine alone; it comes from the Father who sent Me.
He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.
Ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν με, τοὺς λόγους μου οὐ τηρεῖ∙ καὶ ὁ λόγος ὃν ἀκούετε οὐκ ἔστιν ἐμός, ἀλλὰ τοῦ πέμψαντός με πατρός.
Ho mē agapōn me, tous logous mou ou tērei; kai ho logos hon akouete ouk estin emos, alla tou pempsantos me patros.
I have told you these things while I am still here with you.
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
Ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν παρ’ ὑμῖν μένων.
Tauta lelalēka hymin par’ hymin menōn.
But the Helper—the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name—will teach you everything and remind you of everything I have told you.
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Ὁ δὲ παράκλητος, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ὃ πέμψει ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐκεῖνος ὑμᾶς διδάξει πάντα, καὶ ὑπομνήσει ὑμᾶς πάντα ἃ εἶπον ὑμῖν.
Ho de paraklētos, to pneuma to hagion, ho pempsei ho patēr en tō onomati mou, ekeinos hymas didaxei panta, kai hypomnēsei hymas panta ha eipon hymin.
I leave you with peace. I give you My peace. I do not give peace the way the world gives it. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not be afraid.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
Εἰρήνην ἀφίημι ὑμῖν, εἰρήνην τὴν ἐμὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν∙ οὐ καθὼς ὁ κόσμος δίδωσιν, ἐγὼ δίδωμι ὑμῖν. Μὴ ταρασσέσθω ὑμῶν ἡ καρδία, μηδὲ δειλιάτω.
Eirēnēn aphiēmi hymin, eirēnēn tēn emēn didōmi hymin; ou kathōs ho kosmos didōsin, egō didōmi hymin. Mē tarassesthō hymōn hē kardia, mēde deiliatō.
You heard Me tell you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me as you should, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ because My Father is greater than I am.
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
Ἠκούσατε ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν, Ὑπάγω καὶ ἔρχομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς. Εἰ ἠγαπᾶτέ με, ἐχάρητε ἂν ὅτι εἶπον, Πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα∙ ὅτι ὁ πατήρ μου μείζων μού ἐστιν.
Ēkousate hoti egō eipon hymin, Hypagō kai erchomai pros hymas. Ei ēgapate me, echarēte an hoti eipon, Poreuomai pros ton patera; hoti ho patēr mou meizōn mou estin.
I have told you these things before they happen so that when they do happen, you will believe.
And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
Καὶ νῦν εἴρηκα ὑμῖν πρὶν γενέσθαι∙ ἵνα, ὅταν γένηται, πιστεύσητε.
Kai nyn eirēka hymin prin genesthai; hina, hotan genētai, pisteusēte.
I will not speak with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on Me and no power over Me.
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
Οὐκέτι πολλὰ λαλήσω μεθ’ ὑμῶν∙ ἔρχεται γὰρ ὁ τοῦ κόσμου ἄρχων, καὶ ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐκ ἔχει οὐδέν∙
Ouketi polla lalēsō meth’ hymōn; erchetai gar ho tou kosmou archōn, kai en emoi ouk echei ouden;
But this is happening so that the world may know that I love the Father and that I do exactly what the Father commanded Me.
Get up. Let’s go from here.”
But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
ἀλλ’ ἵνα γνῷ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι ἀγαπῶ τὸν πατέρα, καὶ καθὼς ἐνετείλατό μοι ὁ πατήρ, οὕτως ποιῶ. Ἐγείρεσθε, ἄγωμεν ἐντεῦθεν.
all’ hina gnō ho kosmos hoti agapō ton patera, kai kathōs eneteilato moi ho patēr, houtōs poiō. Egeiresthe, agōmen enteuthen.