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John 14

Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner revision (1749–1752), the traditional Catholic English Bible, translated from the Latin Vulgate. If you read a modern Bible, this is the same Scripture in older English; some names are spelled differently (Cesarea for Caesarea, Apocalypse for Revelation). About this translation

1 Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God: believe also in me. CCC

2 In my Father’s house there are many mansions. If not, I would have told you: because I go to prepare a place for you. CCC · Fathers

3 And if I shall go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself: that where I am, you also may be. CCC

4 And whither I go you know: and the way you know.

5 Thomas saith to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest. And how can we know the way?

6 Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me. CCC · Fathers

7 If you had known me, you would without doubt have known my Father also: and from henceforth you shall know him. And you have seen him. Fathers

8 Philip saith to him: Lord, shew us the Father; and it is enough for us.

9 Jesus saith to him: Have I been so long a time with you and have you not known me? Philip, he that seeth me seeth the Father also. How sayest thou: Shew us the Father? CCC · Fathers

10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you, I speak not of myself. But the Father who abideth in me, he doth the works. CCC · Fathers

11 Believe you not that I am in the Father and the Father in me? Fathers

12 Otherwise believe for the very works’ sake. Amen, amen, I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do: and greater than these shall he do.

13 Because I go to the Father: and whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my name, that will I do: that the Father may be glorified in the Son. CCC

14 If you shall ask me any thing in my name, that I will do. CCC

15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

16 And I will ask the Father: and he shall give you another Paraclete, that he may abide with you for ever: CCC · Fathers

17 The spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, nor knoweth him. But you shall know him; because he shall abide with you and shall be in you. CCC

18 I will not leave you orphans: I will come to you. CCC

19 Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more. But you see me: because I live, and you shall live.

20 In that day you shall know that I am in my Father: and you in me, and I in you.

21 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.

22 Judas saith to him, not the Iscariot: Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not to the world? CCC

23 Jesus answered and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word. And my Father will love him and we will come to him and will make our abode with him. CCC

24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my words. And the word which you have heard is not mine; but the Father’s who sent me. CCC

25 These things have I spoken to you, abiding with you. CCC

26 But the Paraclete, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring all things to your mind, whatsoever I shall have said to you. CCC

27 Peace I leave with you: my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, do I give unto you. Let not your heart be troubled: nor let it be afraid.

28 You have heard that I said to you: I go away, and I come unto you. If you loved me you would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

29 And now I have told you before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe.

30 I will not now speak many things with you. For the prince of this world: cometh: and in me he hath not any thing. CCC

31 But that the world may know that I love the Father: and as the Father hath given me commandment, so do I. Arise, let us go hence. CCC

This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church

Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text.

  1. Verse 1CCC 151
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    • CCC 151 “For a Christian, believing in God cannot be separated from believing in the One he sent, his "beloved Son", in whom the…”
  2. Verse 2CCC 661
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    • CCC 661 “This final stage stays closely linked to the first, that is, to his descent from heaven in the Incarnation. Only the one…”

    • “For there are many mansions in the Father's house,”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIX. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “… and that of those who produce thirty-fold: for the first will be taken up into the heavens, the second will dwell in paradise, the last will inhabit the city; and that was on this account the Lord declared, "In My Father's house are many mansions.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXVI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  3. Verse 3CCC 1025
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    • CCC 1025 “To live in heaven is "to be with Christ." the elect live "in Christ," but they retain, or rather find, their true…”
  4. Verse 6CCC 459 CCC 1698 CCC 2614 CCC 74
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    • CCC 459 “The Word became flesh to be our model of holiness: "Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me." "I am the…”
    • CCC 1698 “The first and last point of reference of this catechesis will always be Jesus Christ himself, who is "the way, and the…”
    • CCC 2614 “When Jesus openly entrusts to his disciples the mystery of prayer to the Father, he reveals to them what their prayer and…”
    • CCC 74 “God "desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth": that is, of Christ Jesus. Christ…”

    • “… thus exist in the Church, and is permanent among us, let us revert to the Scriptural proof furnished by those apostles who did also write the Gospel, in which they recorded the doctrine regarding God, pointing out that our Lord Jesus Christ is the truth,”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter V. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “If ye had known Me, ye would have known My Father also: and from henceforth ye have both known Him, and have seen Him.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter VII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  5. Verse 7
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    • “For I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; and henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

    • “If ye had known Me, ye would have known My Father also: and from henceforth ye have both known Him, and have seen Him.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter VII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  6. Verse 9CCC 470 CCC 516
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    • CCC 470 “Because "human nature was assumed, not absorbed", in the mysterious union of the Incarnation, the Church was led over the course of…”
    • CCC 516 “Christ's whole earthly life - his words and deeds, his silences and sufferings, indeed his manner of being and speaking - is…”

    • “For I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; and henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  7. Verse 10CCC 470
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    • CCC 470 “Because "human nature was assumed, not absorbed", in the mysterious union of the Incarnation, the Church was led over the course of…”

    • “For I am in the Father, and the Father in Me; and henceforth ye know Him, and have seen Him.”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  8. Verse 11
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    • “And if this world were made by the angels (it matters not whether we suppose their ignorance or their cognizance of the Supreme God), when the Lord declared, "For I am in the Father, and the Father in Me,”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book V, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XVIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  9. Verse 13CCC 308 CCC 2614 CCC 2633 CCC 2815
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    • CCC 308 “The truth that God is at work in all the actions of his creatures is inseparable from faith in God the Creator.…”
    • CCC 2614 “When Jesus openly entrusts to his disciples the mystery of prayer to the Father, he reveals to them what their prayer and…”
    • CCC 2633 “When we share in God's saving love, we understand that every need can become the object of petition. Christ, who assumed all…”
    • CCC 2815 “This petition embodies all the others. Like the six petitions that follow, it is fulfilled by the prayer of Christ. Prayer to…”
  10. Verse 14CCC 2614
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    • CCC 2614 “When Jesus openly entrusts to his disciples the mystery of prayer to the Father, he reveals to them what their prayer and…”
  11. Verse 16CCC 692 CCC 729 CCC 2615
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    • CCC 692 “When he proclaims and promises the coming of the Holy Spirit, Jesus calls him the "Paraclete," literally, "he who is called to…”
    • CCC 729 “Only when the hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and…”
    • CCC 2615 “Even more, what the Father gives us when our prayer is united with that of Jesus is "another Counselor, to be with…”

    • “… Spirit, which in the latter times has been, by the good pleasure of the Father, poured out upon the human race, do not admit that aspect [of the evangelical dispensation] presented by John's Gospel, in which the Lord promised that He would send the Paraclete;”

      Quoted in Against Heresies, Book III, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XI. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1

  12. Verse 17CCC 243 CCC 687 CCC 729 CCC 2615 CCC 2671
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    • CCC 243 “Before his Passover, Jesus announced the sending of "another Paraclete" (Advocate), the Holy Spirit. At work since creation, having previously "spoken through…”
    • CCC 687 “No one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God." Now God's Spirit, who reveals God, makes known to us…”
    • CCC 729 “Only when the hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and…”
    • CCC 2615 “Even more, what the Father gives us when our prayer is united with that of Jesus is "another Counselor, to be with…”
    • CCC 2671 “The traditional form of petition to the Holy Spirit is to invoke the Father through Christ our Lord to give us the…”
  13. Verse 18CCC 788
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    • CCC 788 “When his visible presence was taken from them, Jesus did not leave his disciples orphans. He promised to remain with them until…”
  14. Verse 22CCC 647
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    • CCC 647 “O truly blessed Night, sings the Exsultet of the Easter Vigil, which alone deserved to know the time and the hour when…”
  15. Verse 23CCC 260 CCC 2615
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    • CCC 260 “The ultimate end of the whole divine economy is the entry of God's creatures into the perfect unity of the Blessed Trinity.…”
    • CCC 2615 “Even more, what the Father gives us when our prayer is united with that of Jesus is "another Counselor, to be with…”
  16. Verse 24CCC 2615
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    • CCC 2615 “Even more, what the Father gives us when our prayer is united with that of Jesus is "another Counselor, to be with…”
  17. Verse 25CCC 2615
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    • CCC 2615 “Even more, what the Father gives us when our prayer is united with that of Jesus is "another Counselor, to be with…”
  18. Verse 26CCC 243 CCC 244 CCC 692 CCC 729 CCC 1099 CCC 2615 CCC 2623
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    • CCC 243 “Before his Passover, Jesus announced the sending of "another Paraclete" (Advocate), the Holy Spirit. At work since creation, having previously "spoken through…”
    • CCC 244 “The eternal origin of the Holy Spirit is revealed in his mission in time. the Spirit is sent to the apostles and…”
    • CCC 692 “When he proclaims and promises the coming of the Holy Spirit, Jesus calls him the "Paraclete," literally, "he who is called to…”
    • CCC 729 “Only when the hour has arrived for his glorification does Jesus promise the coming of the Holy Spirit, since his Death and…”
    • CCC 1099 “The Spirit and the Church cooperate to manifest Christ and his work of salvation in the liturgy. Primarily in the Eucharist, and…”
    • CCC 2615 “Even more, what the Father gives us when our prayer is united with that of Jesus is "another Counselor, to be with…”
  19. Verse 30CCC 1851 CCC 2853
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    • CCC 1851 “It is precisely in the Passion, when the mercy of Christ is about to vanquish it, that sin most clearly manifests its…”
    • CCC 2853 “Victory over the "prince of this world" was won once for all at the Hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to…”
  20. Verse 31CCC 606
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    • CCC 606 “The Son of God, who came down "from heaven, not to do (his) own will, but the will of him who sent…”
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