Yes I was being sarcastic but the sarcasm comes is based on a simple truth that I thought was obvious. However, for clarity sake I will restate it as an assertion. There is no scripture that shows Jesus stating that a purgatory exists or is the next step in a sinners progress to heaven.
With regards to John 21:24, it is the statement of authenticity by John for the things that he had written. As for John 21:25 it is the statement by John that what he has written was a summary of the important things of Jesus’s ministry here on earth and not the whole of the record.
He was the “Logos” and was there from the beginning. So when He came down to show us the means of returning to the Father Who made us,He told us that He was “The way and the life and the truth”. What is the ‘way” but to follow Him? And how do we follow Him so that we can do what He hopes we will do with the free will that He gave us.
Prayer when we listen to God rather than talk to Him are very enlightening and one soon recognizes that we must read and pray and understand Him. Many Catholics do that by thinking about what He said,who He said it to, who else was there,where was everyone located,what was their reaction and a myriad of other factors.How do you think we know about the wedding feast at Cana?Do you think that perhaps Mary told John about it when she was living with him after Jesus died? Could she have been the one who told John that she told the servants to "Do whatever,He tells you to do do"? Did he write it down and tell others about it and was it written after Jesus died but while His Apostles still lived and were writing the gospels?
When I contemplate as I pray my rosary that is what I hear and see. I would say that the Catholic Church opens up many avenues for us to love God while providing a firm foundation for His children or people in the Church He established to bring us back home.
FYI,I looked up the King James version and guess what there is a comma in that statement.