Study Desk

"I am leaving you with a gift—peace of mind and heart. And the peace I give is a gift the world cannot give. So don't be troubled or afraid.

Remember what I told you: I am going away, but I will come back to you again. If you really loved me, you would be happy that I am going to the Father, who is greater than I am.

"I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.

"Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.

"But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going.

Some of the disciples asked each other, "What does he mean when he says, ‘In a little while you won't see me, but then you will see me,' and ‘I am going to the Father'?

But the time is coming—indeed it's here now—when you will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone. Yet I am not alone because the Father is with me.

Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.

"Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy.

Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world.

"I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message.

I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.

I am in them and you are in me. May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.

Father, I want these whom you have given me to be with me where I am. Then they can see all the glory you gave me because you loved me even before the world began!

"Jesus the Nazarene," they replied. " I am he," Jesus said. (Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.)

As Jesus said " I am he," they all drew back and fell to the ground!

"I told you that I am he," Jesus said. "And since I am the one you want, let these others go."

The woman asked Peter, "You're not one of that man's disciples, are you?" "No," he said, "I am not."

Meanwhile, as Simon Peter was standing by the fire warming himself, they asked him again, "You're not one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, saying, "No, I am not."

"Am I a Jew?" Pilate retorted. "Your own people and their leading priests brought you to me for trial. Why? What have you done?"