33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.(A)

34 “A new command(B) I give you: Love one another.(C) As I have loved you, so you must love one another.(D) 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”(E)

36 Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”(F)

Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now,(G) but you will follow later.”(H)

37 Peter asked, “Lord, why can’t I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

38 Then Jesus answered, “Will you really lay down your life for me? Very truly I tell you, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times!(I)

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled.(J) You believe(K) in God[a];(L) believe also in me. My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there(M) to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back(N) and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.(O)

Footnotes

  1. John 14:1 Or Believe in God

33 Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

36 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.

37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake.

38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.

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.