John 6:57
As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
56He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
Cross References
Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath.
John 3:17God did not send his Son into the world to be judge of the world; he sent him so that the world might have salvation through him.
John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
John 14:19A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.
1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.
Galatians 2:20I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
Matthew Henry on John 6:29-60
Christ the True Bread from Heaven; Christ Welcomes All that Come to Him; Necessity of Feeding upon Christ. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32… Read the whole commentary →