John 14

John 14 (The Message)

-v1-4 "Don't let this throw you. You trust God, don't you? Trust me... And if I'm on my way to get your room ready, I'll come back and get you so you can live where I live. And you already know the road I'm taking."

- v11-14 "... From now on, whatever you request along the lines of who I am and what I am doing, I'll do it... I mean it. Whatever you request in this way, I'll do.

- v15-18 "... I will talk to the Father, and he'll provide you another Friend so that you will always have someone with you. I will not leave you orphaned. I'm coming back."

- v21"... And the person who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and make myself plain to him."

- v26-27 The Friend, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send at my request, will make everything plain to you. He will remind you of all the things I have told you. I'm leaving you well and whole. That's my parting gift to you. Peace. I don't leave you the way you're used to being left—feeling abandoned, bereft. So don't be upset. Don't be distraught.

- v28 "You've heard me tell you, 'I'm going away, and I'm coming back.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I'm on my way to the Father because the Father is the goal and purpose of my life.