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John 6:56

Everyone who takes my flesh for their food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to them.

Open English Bible (UK)

In The King James Version

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

In Context

55For my flesh is true food, and my blood true drink.

57As the living Father sent me as his messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so the person who takes me for their food will live because I live.

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Cross References

Psalms 91:1You whose home is the shelter of God Most High, whose abode is the shadow of God Almighty,

John 14:23‘Whoever loves me,’ Jesus answered, ‘will lay my message to heart; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.

John 17:21that they all may be one – that as you, Father, are in union with us – and so the world may believe that you have sent me as your messenger.

Ephesians 3:17so that the Christ, through your faith, may make his home within your hearts in love; and I pray that you, now firmly rooted and established, may, with all Christ’s people,

1 John 4:12No one has ever seen God, but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love reaches perfection within 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 →

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