John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
World English Bible (WEB)
On John 14:6: the context of Jesus' words "the way, the truth, and the life," their place in his farewell to the disciples and why they are so often cited. Read it directly.
John 14:6 falls within the words Jesus speaks as he takes leave of his disciples. It is a reply given in an anxious moment, answering Thomas' question, "How can we know the way?"
The saying gathers three plain images: the way, the truth and the life. This trio has become one of the most cited lines in the New Testament because it ties Jesus' identity not to a teaching but to a person.
You can move to the chapter below to see how the verse reads together with the wider conversation that calms the troubled disciples. The related collections bridge to other verses about the identity of Jesus.