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John 6:51

I am the living bread which came down out of Heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. Actually, the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give on behalf of the life of the world.”

Family 35 New Testament

In The King James Version

I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

In Context

50This is the bread that comes down out of Heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

52At that the Jews started quarrelling among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?!”

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Cross References

Matthew 20:28just like the Son of the Man—He did not come to be served but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

John 1:14So the Word became flesh and lived among us, and we observed His glory, glory of an Only-begotten, from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 3:13No one has gone up into Heaven except the One who came down out of Heaven —the Son of the Man, who is in Heaven.

John 4:10Jesus answered and said to her: “If you knew the gift of God, and who is the one saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.”

John 6:52At that the Jews started quarrelling among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?!”

2 Corinthians 5:19namely that in Christ God was reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, including committing to us the message of this reconciliation.

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 →

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