Jēzus ir ceļš pie Tēva
1 “Jūsu sirdis lai neiztrūkstas! Ticiet Dievam un ticiet man! 2 Mana Tēva namā ir daudz mājokļu. Ja tas tā nebūtu, vai es jums sacītu, ka es eju jums vietu sataisīt? 3 Kad es būšu aizgājis un vietu jums sataisījis, es nākšu atkal un ņemšu jūs pie sevis, lai arī jūs būtu tur, kur es esmu. 4 Kurp noeju es, jūs ceļu zināt.” 5 Toms viņam sacīja: “Kungs, mēs nezinām, kurp tu ej. Kā mēs varam zināt ceļu?” 6 Jēzus viņam sacīja: “ES ESMU ceļš, patiesība un dzīvība. Neviens nenāk pie Tēva kā vien caur mani. 7 Ja jūs pazīstat mani, jūs pazīsiet arī manu Tēvu. Bet jūs jau viņu pazīstat un esat viņu redzējuši.” 8 Filips viņam sacīja: “Kungs, rādi mums Tēvu, ar to mums pietiek.” 9 Jēzus viņam sacīja: “Tik ilgu laiku es esmu ar jums, un tu mani neesi iepazinis, Filip? Kas mani ir redzējis, tas ir redzējis Tēvu. Kā tu vari sacīt: rādi mums Tēvu? 10 Vai tu netici, ka es esmu Tēvā un Tēvs ir manī? Vārdus, ko es jums saku, es nesaku no sevis paša, bet Tēvs ir vienmēr manī un dara savus darbus. 11 Ticiet man, ka es esmu Tēvā un Tēvs manī! Bet, ja ne, tad ticiet man šo darbu dēļ. 12 Patiesi, patiesi es jums saku: kas tic man, tas darīs tos darbus, ko es daru, un vēl lielākus par šiem darīs, jo es aizeju pie Tēva. 13 Ko vien jūs manā vārdā lūgsiet, to es darīšu, lai Tēvs tiktu pagodināts Dēlā. 14 Ja jūs manā vārdā man ko lūgsiet, es darīšu.
Svētā Gara apsolījums
15 Ja jūs mani mīlat, turiet manus baušļus. 16 Un es lūgšu Tēvu, un viņš jums dos citu Aizstāvi, lai tas būtu pie jums mūžīgi, – 17 Patiesības Garu, ko pasaule nevar saņemt, jo tā to nedz redz, nedz pazīst. Bet jūs to pazīstat, jo tas pie jums paliek un būs jūsos. 18 Es neatstāšu jūs bāreņus, es nākšu pie jums. 19 Vēl mazliet, un pasaule mani vairs neredzēs, bet jūs mani redzēsiet, jo es dzīvoju, un arī jūs dzīvosiet. 20 Tajā dienā jūs atzīsiet, ka es esmu Tēvā un jūs manī, un es jūsos. 21 Kam ir mani baušļi un kas tos tur, tas mani mīl. Bet, kas mani mīl, to mīlēs mans Tēvs, un es to mīlēšu un tam atklāšos.” 22 Tad Jūda (ne Iskariots) viņam sacīja: “Kungs, kā tad tā – mums tu gribi sevi atklāt, bet pasaulei ne?” 23 Jēzus tam atbildēja: “Kas mani mīl, tas manu vārdu turēs, un arī mans Tēvs to mīlēs, un mēs nāksim un taisīsim pie viņa mājvietu. 24 Kas mani nemīl, tas netur manus vārdus; un vārds, ko jūs dzirdat, nav mans, bet gan Tēva, kas mani ir sūtījis. 25 To es jums esmu sacījis, būdams pie jums. 26 Bet Aizstāvis, Svētais Gars, ko Tēvs sūtīs manā vārdā, mācīs jums visu un atgādinās jums visu, ko esmu jums runājis. 27 Es jums atstāju mieru, savu mieru es jums dodu. Es dodu jums ne tā, kā pasaule dod. Jūsu sirds lai neiztrūkstas un neizbīstas. 28 Jūs esat dzirdējuši, ka es jums sacīju: es noeju un atkal nākšu pie jums. Ja jūs mani mīlētu, jūs priecātos, ka es eju pie Tēva, jo Tēvs ir lielāks par mani. 29 Un to es jums esmu pateicis tagad, pirms tas notiek, lai jūs ticētu tad, kad tas notiks. 30 Es vairs daudz ar jums nerunāšu, jo nāk šīs pasaules valdnieks, bet viņam nav varas pār mani. 31 Lai pasaule zina, ka es mīlu Tēvu un daru, kā Tēvs man ir pavēlējis. Celieties, iesim no šejienes!”
Jesus Is the Way to the Father
1 Jesus said to his disciples, “Don't be worried! Have faith in God and have faith in me. 2 There are many rooms in my Father's house. I wouldn't tell you this, unless it was true. I am going there to prepare a place for each of you. 3 After I have done this, I will come back and take you with me. Then we will be together. 4 You know the way to where I am going.”
5 Thomas said, “Lord, we don't even know where you are going! How can we know the way?”
6 “I am the way, the truth, and the life!” Jesus answered. “Without me, no one can go to the Father. 7 If you had really known me, you would have known the Father. But from now on, you do know him, and you have seen him.”
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father. That is all we need.”
9 Jesus replied:
Philip, I have been with you for a long time. Don't you know who I am? If you have seen me, you have seen the Father. How can you ask me to show you the Father? 10 Don't you believe that I am one with the Father and that the Father is one with me? What I say isn't said on my own. The Father who lives in me does these things.
11 Have faith in me when I say that the Father is one with me and that I am one with the Father. Or else have faith in me simply because of the things I do. 12 I tell you for certain that if you have faith in me, you will do the same things I am doing. You will do even greater things, now that I am going back to the Father. 13 Ask me, and I will do whatever you ask. This way the Son will bring honor to the Father. 14 I will do whatever you ask me to do.
The Holy Spirit Is Promised
15 Jesus said to his disciples:
If you love me, you will do as I command. 16 Then I will ask the Father to send you the Holy Spirit who will help you and always be with you. 17 The Spirit will show you what is true. The people of this world cannot accept the Spirit, because they don't see or know him. But you know the Spirit, who is with you and will keep on living in you.
18 I won't leave you like orphans. I will come back to you. 19 In a little while the people of this world won't be able to see me, but you will see me. And because I live, you will live. 20 Then you will know I am one with the Father. You will know you are one with me, and I am one with you. 21 If you love me, you will do what I have said, and my Father will love you. I will also love you and show you what I am like.
22 The other Judas, not Judas Iscariot, then spoke up and asked, “Lord, what do you mean by saying that you will show us what you are like, but you will not show the people of this world?”
23 Jesus replied:
If anyone loves me, they will obey me. Then my Father will love them, and we will come to them and live in them. 24 But anyone who doesn't love me, won't obey me. What they have heard me say doesn't really come from me, but from the Father who sent me.
25 I have told you these things while I am still with you. 26 But the Holy Spirit will come and help you, because the Father will send the Spirit to take my place. The Spirit will teach you everything and will remind you of what I said while I was with you.
27 I give you peace, the kind of peace only I can give. It isn't like the peace this world can give. So don't be worried or afraid.
28 You have already heard me say I am going and I will also come back to you. If you really love me, you should be glad I am going back to the Father, because he is greater than I am.
29 I am telling you this before I leave, so when it does happen, you will have faith in me. 30 I cannot speak with you much longer, because the ruler of this world is coming. But he has no power over me. 31 I obey my Father, so everyone in the world might know that I love him.
It is time for us to go now.
