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 said to  Him:  “Lord,  we  know  not  whither  Thou  goest,  and  how can we  know  the  way?”

Jesus replied:  “I  am  the  Way,  the  Truth,  and  the  Life ; no man  cometh  to  the  Father  but  by  Me. And I will  ask  the Father, and  He  shall  give  you  another  Paraclete,  that  He  may abide with  you  forever— the  Spirit  of  Truth,  the  Comforter,  the Holy Ghost,  whom  the  Father  will  send  in  My  name — He  will teach you  all  things ,  and  bring  all  things  to  your  mind  whatsoever I shall have  said  to  you.

“Peace I leave  with  you,  My  peace  I give  to  you;  not  as the  world  giveth,  do  I give  to  you. But I will  not  now  speak many things  with  you. For the  prince  of  this  world  cometh, and in  Me  he  hath  not  anything. But that  the  world  may  know that I love  the  Father,  and  as  the  Father  hath  given  Me  commandment, so  do  I.  Arise,  let  us  go  hence.

“I am  the  true  vine,  and  my  Father  is  the  husbandman. As the branch  cannot  bear  fruit  of  itself  unless  it  abide  in  the  vine, so neither  can  you,  unless  you  abide  in  Me. I am the  vine; you are the  branches: he  that  abideth  in  Me,  and  I in  Him,  the  same beareth much  fruit:  for  without  Me  you  can  do  nothing. If any