16039 Bible Basics JESUS And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." Matthew 3:17 Jesus said, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. Colossians 1:15-18