John 6:55

American Standard Version (1901)

For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 4:7 : 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than [they have] when their grain and their new wine are increased.
  • John 1:9 : 9 There was the true light, [even the light] which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
  • John 1:47 : 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
  • John 6:32 : 32 Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.
  • John 8:31 : 31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews that had believed him, If ye abide in my word, [then] are ye truly my disciples;
  • John 8:36 : 36 If therefore the Son shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
  • John 15:1 : 1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
  • Heb 8:2 : 2 a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 6:56-60
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    56He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.

    57As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.

    58This is the bread which came down out of heaven: not as the fathers ate, and died; he that eateth this bread shall live for ever.

    59These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

    60Many therefore of his disciples, when the heard [this], said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?

  • John 6:47-54
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    47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth hath eternal life.

    48I am the bread of life.

    49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

    50This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

    51I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

    52The Jews therefore strove one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

    53Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.

    54He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

  • John 6:31-35
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    76%

    31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.

    32Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, It was not Moses that gave you the bread out of heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread out of heaven.

    33For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

    34They said therefore unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

    35Jesus said unto them. I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall not hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

  • John 6:62-63
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    62[ What] then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before?

    63It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life.

  • Mark 14:22
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    22And as they were eating, he took bread, and when he had blessed, he brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take ye: this is my body.

  • Mark 14:24-25
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    24And he said unto them, This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.

    25Verily I say unto you, I shall no more drink of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.

  • John 6:26-27
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    26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw signs, but because ye ate of the loaves, and were filled.

    27Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

  • Gen 9:4
    72%

    4But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

  • Matt 26:26-29
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    72%

    26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it; and he gave to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

    27And he took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;

    28for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many unto remission of sins.

    29But I say unto you, I shall not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

  • John 4:34
    72%

    34Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work.

  • John 4:32
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    32But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not.

  • 1 Cor 11:24-27
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    24and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, This is my body, which is for you: this do in remembrance of me.

    25In like manner also the cup, after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me.

    26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye proclaim the Lord's death till he come.

    27Wherefore whosoever shall eat the bread or drink the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.

  • Lev 17:11
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    11For the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh atonement by reason of the life.

  • Luke 22:19-20
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    19And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

    20And the cup in like manner after supper, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, [even] that which is poured out for you.

  • 1 John 5:6
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    6This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

  • John 6:40-41
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    40For this is the will of my Father, that every one that beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

    41The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, I am the bread which came down out of heaven.

  • Lev 17:14
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    14For as to the life of all flesh, the blood thereof is [all one] with the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh; for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off.

  • Deut 12:23
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    23Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou shalt not eat the life with the flesh.

  • 1 Cor 10:16
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    16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a communion of the body of Christ?

  • John 15:4-5
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    4Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; so neither can ye, except ye abide in me.

    5I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit: for apart from me ye can do nothing.

  • 1 Cor 11:29
    69%

    29For he that eateth and drinketh, eateth and drinketh judgment unto himself, if he discern not the body.

  • Ezek 39:19
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    19And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you.

  • John 7:37
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    37Now on the last day, the great [day] of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.