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King James VersionJohn 14:1-14

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

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.

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.

And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.

Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.

Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.

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?

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.

Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake.

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.

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

Italic words were supplied in the English translation for clarity.

Scripture text: King James Version, Standardized 1769 text. Public domain in the United States.About this Bible text

John 14:1-14

Jesus Is the Way to the Father's House

The way to the Father's house is Jesus himself, not a map of luxury rooms.

Jesus tells troubled disciples to trust God and to trust him. In his Father's house are many dwelling places; he goes to prepare a place and will come again to receive them. Thomas does not know the way. Jesus answers that he is the way, the truth, and the life, and that no one comes to the Father except through him. Philip asks to see the Father; Jesus says that whoever has seen him has seen the Father, and he promises works and prayer in his name for the Father's glory.

KJV 'mansions' means dwelling places, not estates. John 14:6 is a Christological claim inside a farewell to his own. It is not a warrant for hatred, coercive conversion, or dehumanizing people of other religions, and it does not hand later readers a chart of every person's destiny. Seeing Jesus reveals the Father without collapsing Father and Son into one narrative person. 'Greater works' and asking in his name belong to the mission and the Father's glory; they are not a blank check, a prosperity formula, or a reason to blame suffering on defective faith.

How this should shape us

Bring a troubled heart to Jesus rather than to a picture of heavenly real estate. Let his character define the way you speak of God, pray in line with his mission, and refuse to use 'no one comes to the Father but by me' as a slur, a threat, or a sales close. A declined prayer is not proof that you failed to believe hard enough.

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