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5Thomassaid to Him, "Lord, we do not knowwhere You are going, how do we know the way?"
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Jesussaid to him, "I am6the way, and 7the truth, and 8the life; noonecomes to the Father but through Me.
Oneness with the Father
7"9If you had known Me, you would have known My Fatheralso; from now on you 10know Him, and have 11seen Him."
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12Philipsaid to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us."
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Jesussaid to him, "Have I beensolong* with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? 13He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father '?
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"Do you not believe that 14I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? 15The words that I say to you I do not speak on My owninitiative, but the Fatherabiding in Me does His works.
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"Believe Me that 16I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise17believebecause of the worksthemselves.