Parallel Verses

International Standard Version

There are many rooms in my Father's house. If there weren't, I wouldn't have told you that I am going away to prepare a place for you, would I?

New American Standard Bible

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

King James Version

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Holman Bible

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if not, I would have told you. I am going away to prepare a place for you.

A Conservative Version

In my Father's house are many dwellings, and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

American Standard Version

In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

Amplified

In My Father’s house are many dwelling places. If it were not so, I would have told you, because I am going there to prepare a place for you.

An Understandable Version

There are many rooms in my Father's house, and I am going to prepare a place for each one you [in them]. I would not have told you this if it were not so.

Anderson New Testament

In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Bible in Basic English

In my Father's house are rooms enough; if it was not so, would I have said that I am going to make ready a place for you?

Common New Testament

In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Daniel Mace New Testament

in my father's house are many mansions; however, I have told you, I am going to prepare a place for you:

Darby Translation

In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, I had told you: for I go to prepare you a place;

Godbey New Testament

Many mansions are in the house of my Father; but if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.

Goodspeed New Testament

There are many rooms in my Father's house; if there were not, I would have told you, for I am going away to make ready a place for you.

John Wesley New Testament

In my Father's house are many mansions; if not, I would have told you.

Julia Smith Translation

In my Father's house are many dwellings: and if not, I had said to you. I go to prepare a place for you.

King James 2000

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Lexham Expanded Bible

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; but if not, I would have told you, because I am going away to prepare a place for you.

Modern King James verseion

In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

In my father's house are many mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Moffatt New Testament

In my Father's house there are many abodes; were it not so, would I have told you that I was going to prepare a place for you?

Montgomery New Testament

In my Father's house there are many rooms If it were not so, would I have told you that I went to prepare a place for you?

NET Bible

There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

New Heart English Bible

In my Father's house are many dwelling places. If it weren't so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you.

Noyes New Testament

In my Fathers house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. For I go away to prepare a place for you;

Sawyer New Testament

In my Father's house are many mansions; if there were not I would have told you.

The Emphasized Bible

In the house of my Father, are, many dwellings; or else I would have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

In my Father's house are many mansions: and if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Twentieth Century New Testament

In my Father's Home there are many dwellings. If it had not been so, I should have told you, for I am going to prepare a place for you.

Webster

In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.

Weymouth New Testament

In my Father's house there are many resting-places. Were it otherwise, I would have told you; for I am going to make ready a place for you.

Williams New Testament

In my Father's house there are many dwelling places; if there were not, I would have told you, for I am going away to make ready a place for you.

World English Bible

In my Father's house are many homes. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Worrell New Testament

In My Father's house are many abiding-places; otherwise, I would have told you; because I am going to prepare a place for you.

Worsley New Testament

In my Father's house there are many mansions; if not, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.

Youngs Literal Translation

in the house of my Father are many mansions; and if not, I would have told you; I go on to prepare a place for you;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
In
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

my
μοῦ 
Mou 
my, me, mine, I, mine own
Usage: 313

πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

οἰκία 
Oikia 
Usage: 46

are
εἰσί 
Eisi 
are, be, were, have, not tr,
Usage: 97

πολύς πολλός 
Polus 
Usage: 292

μονή 
Mone 
Usage: 0

if
εἰ 
Ei 
if, whether, that, not tr,
Usage: 218

it were not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

so, I would have told
ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

I go
πορεύομαι 
Poreuomai 
go, depart, walk, go way,
Usage: 101

to prepare
ἑτοιμάζω 
hetoimazo 
Usage: 27

a place
τόπος 
Topos 
Usage: 75

Devotionals

Devotionals about John 14:2

Images John 14:2

Prayers for John 14:2

Context Readings

Jesus' Farewell Discourse

1 "Don't let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2 There are many rooms in my Father's house. If there weren't, I wouldn't have told you that I am going away to prepare a place for you, would I? 3 And since I'm going away to prepare a place for you, I'll come back again and welcome you into my presence, so that you may be where I am.


Cross References

John 13:33

Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, "Where I'm going, you cannot come.'

John 13:36

Simon Peter asked him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered him, "I'm going where you cannot follow me now, though you will follow me later on."

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.

John 12:25-26

The one who loves his life will destroy it, and the one who hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.

John 16:4

But I've told you this, so that when the time comes you'll remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you this in the beginning, because I was still with you."

John 17:24

Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, which you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

Acts 9:16

since I'm going to show him how much he must suffer for my name's sake."

1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions, for which you are aware that we were destined.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

For God has not destined us to receive wrath but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus, the Messiah,

2 Thessalonians 1:4-10

As a result, we rejoice about you among God's churches about your endurance and faith through all the persecutions and afflictions you are experiencing.

Titus 1:2

which is based on the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before the world began.

Hebrews 6:20

where Jesus, our forerunner, has gone on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Hebrews 9:8

The Holy Spirit was indicating by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first part of the tent was still standing.

Hebrews 9:23-26

Thus it was necessary for these earthly copies of the things in heaven to be cleansed by these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves are made clean with better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 11:10

because he was waiting for the city with permanent foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Hebrews 11:14-16

For people who say such things make it clear that they are looking for a country of their own.

Hebrews 13:14

For here we have no permanent city but are looking for the one that is coming.

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus the Messiah, the witness, the faithful one, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood

Revelation 3:12

I will make the one who conquers to become a pillar in the sanctuary of my God, and he will never go out of it again. I will write on him the name of my God, the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God), and my own new name.

Revelation 3:21

To the one who conquers I will give a place to sit with me on my throne, just as I have conquered and have sat down with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 21:2

I also saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

Revelation 21:10-27

He carried me away in the Spirit to a large, high mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven.

Luke 14:26-33

"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, as well as his own life, he can't be my disciple.

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