John 6:56
For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
In Context
57He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him.
Cross References
Psalms 91:1The praise of a canticle for David. He that dwelleth in the aid of the most High, shall abide under the protection of the God of Jacob.
Lamentations 3:24Heth. The Lord is my portion, said my soul: therefore will I wait for him.
John 14:23Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.
John 17:21That they all may be one, as thou, Father, in me, and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.
Ephesians 3:17That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts; that being rooted and founded in charity,
1 John 4:12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity 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 →