Jesus encouraged his disciples and told them that he is the only way to the Father.

John 14:1-14

14 Jesus continued by saying to us, “Stop being anxious/worried. Keep on trusting in God (OR, You are trusting in God); also keep trusting in me. 2 Where my Father is in heaven there is plenty of room! If that were not true, I would have told you. I am about to go there to prepare a place for you. 3 And because I will go there and prepare a place for you, I will return and take you there to be with me. I will do that so that you may also be where I am. 4 You know the road to the place where I am going.”

5 Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. So how can we know the road?” 6 Jesus said to him, “I am the road [MET] to where my Father is. I am the one who reveals [MET] the truth about God and the one who gives eternal life to people. I am the only one who can enable people to come to my Father. There is no other way. 7 If you really knew who I was, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and it is as though you have seen him.”

8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us your Father and that will be enough for us!” 9 Jesus said to him, “Philip, I have been with you for a long time. So ◄surely you should know who I really am!/why have you not come to know who I really am?► [RHQ] Those who have seen me, it is as though they have seen my Father. So ◄why do you say ‘Show us your Father’?/you should not say ‘Show us your Father’!► [RHQ] 10 Do you not [RHQ] believe that I have a close relationship with my Father, and that my Father has a close relationship with me? The messages that I tell you do not come from me. They come from my Father, who has a close relationship with me. He is enabling me to teach these things, and to perform the miracles that he wants me to perform. 11 Believe that I have a close relationship with my Father and that my Father has a close relationship with me. If you do not believe that just because of what I say, believe it because of the miracles themselves that I have done. 12 Listen to this carefully: You who trust in me will do the kinds of miracles that I have done. Because of what I will do for you (OR, Because I will send God’s Spirit to you) after I go to my Father, you will be able to do miracles that will be greater than the ones I have done. 13 And whatever you, using my authority, ask me to do, I will do it, in order that I can show you how great my Father is. 14 Anything that you ask my Father to do, anything that you ask with my authority [MTY], I will do.”