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John 6:49-58

49 Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died.

50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die.

51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.”

Cross References for John 6:49-58

Numbers 26:65 - For the Lord had told those Israelites they would surely die in the desert, and not one of them... Click to read the verse Numbers 26:65 Click to read the verse Numbers 26:65

Jude 1:5 - Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord delivered his people out o... Click to read the verse Jude 1:5 Click to read the verse Jude 1:5

Exodus 16:15 - When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what i... Click to read the verse Exodus 16:15 Click to read the verse Exodus 16:15

John 6:58 - This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who f... Click to read the verse John 6:58 Click to read the verse John 6:58

Hebrews 3:17-19 - And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell... Click to read the verse Hebrews 3:17-19 Click to read the verse Hebrews 3:17-19

Zechariah 1:5 - Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever? Click to read the verse Zechariah 1:5 Click to read the verse Zechariah 1:5

1 Corinthians 6:13 - “Food for the stomach and the stomach for food”—but God will destroy them both. The body is not... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:13 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 6:13

John 4:13 - Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, Click to read the verse John 4:13 Click to read the verse John 4:13

John 6:31 - Our forefathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven ... Click to read the verse John 6:31 Click to read the verse John 6:31

1 Corinthians 10:3-5 - They all ate the same spiritual food Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 10:3-5 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 10:3-5