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11 translations · Greek

John 14:6

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
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John 14:6 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
KJV King James Version
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
ASV American Standard Version
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
LSV Literal Standard Version
Jesus says to him, “I AM the way, and the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father, if not through Me;
FBV Free Bible Version
Jesus replied, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
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;
DBY Darby Translation
Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me.
WBT Webster’s Bible
Jesus saith to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.

The Greek words

Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
Λέγει Legei answered G3004 λέγω to say
αὐτῷ autō — G846 αὐτός it/s/he
ὁ ho — G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Ἰησοῦς Iēsous Jesus G2424 Ἰησοῦς Jesus
Ἐγώ Egō I G1473 ἐγώ I/we
εἰμι eimi am G1510 εἰμί to be
ἡ hē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ὁδὸς hodos way G3598 ὁδός road
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ἡ hē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ἀλήθεια alētheia truth G225 ἀλήθεια truth
καὶ kai and G2532 καί and
ἡ hē the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
ζωή zōē life G2222 ζωή life
οὐδεὶς oudeis No one G3762 οὐδείς none
ἔρχεται erchetai comes G2064 ἔρχομαι to come/go
πρὸς pros to G4314 πρός to/with
τὸν ton the G3588 ὁ the/this/who
Πατέρα Patera Father G3962 πατήρ father
εἰ ei except G1487 εἰ if
μὴ mē — G3361 μή not
δι’ di’ through G1223 διά through/because of
ἐμοῦ emou Me G1473 ἐγώ I/we
  • Acts 4:12

    There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”

  • John 10:9

    I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.

  • Ephesians 2:18

    For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.

  • John 11:25–26

    Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

  • John 1:4

    In him was life, and the life was the light of men.

  • 1 John 5:20

    We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • John 1:14

    The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

  • 1 John 5:11–12

    The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He who has the Son has the life. He who doesn’t have God’s Son doesn’t have the life.

  • Isaiah 35:8–9

    A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called The Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools will not go there. No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.

  • John 1:17

    For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

4 Where I go, you know, and you know the way.”

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him.”

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

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Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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