Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
John 14:8 in context
John 14:5–11
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Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
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Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
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If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him and have seen him.”
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Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
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Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
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Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
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Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works’ sake.
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