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against me.’* 19 I tell you this beforehand, so that when it happens you will
believe that I Am the Messiah.* 20 I tell you the truth, anyone who welcomes
my messenger is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming
the Father who sent me.”
21 Now Jesus was deeply troubled,* and he exclaimed, “I tell you the truth,
one of you will betray me!”
22 The disciples looked at each other, wondering whom he could mean.
23 The disciple Jesus loved was sitting next to Jesus at the table.* 24 Simon
Peter motioned to him to ask, “Who’s he talking about?” 25 So that disciple
leaned over to Jesus and asked, “Lord, who is it?”
26 Jesus responded, “It is the one to whom I give the bread I dip in the
bowl.” And when he had dipped it, he gave it to Judas, son of Simon Iscar
iot. 27 When Judas had eaten the bread, Satan entered into him. Then Jesus
told him, “Hurry and do what you’re going to do.” 28 None of the others at
the table knew what Jesus meant. 29 Since Judas was their treasurer, some
thought Jesus was telling him to go and pay for the food or to give some
money to the poor. 30 So Judas left at once, going out into the night.
Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial
31 As soon as Judas left the room, Jesus said, “The time has come for the Son
of Man* to enter into his glory, and God will be glorified because of him.
32 And since God receives glory because of the Son,* he will give his own
glory to the Son, and he will do so at once. 33 Dear children, I will be with
you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for
me, but you can’t come where I am going. 34 So now I am giving you a new
commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love
each other. 35 Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are
my disciples.”
36 Simon Peter asked, “Lord, where are you going?”
And Jesus replied, “You can’t go with me now, but you will follow me
later.”
37 “But why can’t I come now, Lord?” he asked. “I’m ready to die for you.”
38 Jesus answered, “Die for me? I tell you the truth, Peter—before the
rooster crows tomorrow morning, you will deny three times that you even
know me.
Jesus, the Way to the Father
“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in
me. 2 There is more than enough room in my Father’s home.* If this
were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for
you?* 3 When everything is ready, I will come and get you, so that you will
always be with me where I am. 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”
5 “No, we don’t know, Lord,” Thomas said. “We have no idea where you
are going, so how can we know the way?”
6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to
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13:18 Ps 41:9. 13:19 Or that the ‘I Am’ has come; or that I am the Lord; Greek reads that I am. See
Exod 3:14. 13:21 Greek was troubled in his spirit. 13:23 Greek was reclining on Jesus’ bosom.
The “disciple Jesus loved” was probably John. 13:31 “Son of Man” is a title Jesus used for
himself. 13:32 Several early manuscripts do not include And since God receives glory because of
the Son. 14:2a Or There are many rooms in my Father’s house. 14:2b Or If this were not so, I would
have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you. Some manuscripts read If this were not so, I
would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
