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Home John 14:7-14 NRSVue

John 14:7-14 NRSVue

7If you know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”

8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.” 9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, but if you do not, then believe because of the works themselves. 12Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. 13I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it.

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

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Reflection on John 14:7-14

Inspiration from 2025-05-17 Daily Prayer

In Jesus, our God has come to be with us and to help us to come to know him. We read in Hosea 6:6, ‘What I want is mercy, not sacrifices, knowledge of God, not holocausts.’ As human beings, we learn about a person by reading about them, but we only know a person by personally meeting them. This is why the encounter with God in prayer is so important.

It is always God who does the work in prayer by revealing himself to us. Our part is to come before him in faith and to give him our time and attention as best we can. We leave the rest to him.

Further reflection

Jesus reveals the depth of relationship between Father and Son. To know the Son is to know the Father. For John, ‘knowing’ is an affair of the heart, a felt-knowledge born of mutual love. It is not simply head-knowledge. I ask to know God deeply.

Jesus, you call me to be audacious - I am to do even ‘greater works’ than you do. But your central ‘work’ is the giving of your life. Don’t let that now put me off!