John 14:6

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“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

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Jesus’ words — “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me” — claim that he is the only path to God. Salvation and access to God come through Jesus himself, not through many roads.

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“Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.”

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“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

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“Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 14:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Isaiah 35:8And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
  2. Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
  3. John 1:4In Him was life, and that life was the light of men.
  4. John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  5. John 1:17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
  6. John 5:21For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.
  7. John 5:25Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  8. John 6:33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
  9. John 6:51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
  10. John 6:57Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
  11. John 6:68Simon Peter replied, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
  12. John 8:32Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
  13. John 8:51Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
  14. John 10:7So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
  15. John 10:9I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
  16. John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
  17. John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  18. John 14:19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
  19. John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
  20. John 17:2For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.
  21. John 18:37“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
  22. Acts 3:15You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
  23. Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
  24. Romans 5:2through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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