John 6:56
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
In Context
55Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
57Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
Cross References
Psalms 91:1A Canticle Psalm. On the day of the Sabbath.
Lamentations 3:24HETH. “The Lord is my portion,” said my soul. Because of this, I will wait for him.
John 14:23Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him.
John 17:21So may they all be one. Just as you, Father, are in me, and I am in you, so also may they be one in us: so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may live in your hearts through a faith rooted in, and founded on, charity.
1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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 →