John 6:35

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.

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  • John 6:41 : 41 Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
  • Luke 6:25 : 25 Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.
  • John 6:48-58 : 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead. 50 The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death. 51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world. 52 Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food? 53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you. 54 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day. 55 My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink. 56 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him. 57 As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me. 58 This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.
  • John 7:37-38 : 37 On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him. 38 He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.
  • Rev 7:16 : 16 They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:
  • Rev 22:17 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him who gives ear, say, Come. And let him who is in need come; and let everyone desiring it take of the water of life freely.
  • 1 Cor 10:16-18 : 16 The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ? 17 Because we, being a number of persons, are one bread, we are one body: for we all take part in the one bread. 18 See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?
  • 1 Cor 11:23-29 : 23 For it was handed down to me from the Lord, as I gave it to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night when Judas was false to him, took bread, 24 And when it had been broken with an act of praise, he said, This is my body which is for you: do this in memory of me. 25 In the same way, with the cup, after the meal, he said, This cup is the new testament in my blood: do this, whenever you take it, in memory of me. 26 For whenever you take the bread and the cup you give witness to the Lord's death till he comes. 27 If, then, anyone takes the bread or the cup of the Lord in the wrong spirit, he will be responsible for the body and blood of the Lord. 28 But let no man take of the bread and the cup without testing himself. 29 For a man puts himself in danger, if he takes part in the holy meal without being conscious that it is the Lord's body.
  • John 5:40 : 40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.
  • John 6:37 : 37 Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.
  • John 4:13-14 : 13 Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again: 14 But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.
  • Isa 49:10 : 10 They will not be in need of food or drink, or be troubled by the heat or the sun: for he who has mercy on them will be their guide, taking them by the springs of water.
  • Isa 55:1-3 : 1 Ho! everyone in need, come to the waters, and he who has no strength, let him get food: come, get bread without money; wine and milk without price. 2 Why do you give your money for what is not bread, and the fruit of your work for what will not give you pleasure? Give ear to me, so that your food may be good, and you may have the best in full measure. 3 Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
  • Matt 11:28 : 28 Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.
  • John 6:44-45 : 44 No man is able to come to me if the Father who sent me does not give him the desire to come: and I will take him up from the dead on the last day. 45 The writings of the prophets say, And they will all have teaching from God. Everyone whose ears have been open to the teaching of the Father comes to me.
  • John 6:65 : 65 And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.

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  • John 6:47-59
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    47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.

    48 I am the bread of life.

    49 Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead.

    50 The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.

    51 I am the living bread which has come from heaven: if any man takes this bread for food he will have life for ever: and more than this, the bread which I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

    52 Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?

    53 Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.

    54 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink has eternal life: and I will take him up from the dead at the last day.

    55 My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

    56 He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.

    57 As the living Father has sent me, and I have life because of the Father, even so he who takes me for his food will have life because of me.

    58 This is the bread which has come down from heaven. It is not like the food which your fathers had: they took of the manna, and are dead; but he who takes this bread for food will have life for ever.

    59 Jesus said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum.

  • John 6:31-34
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    31 Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.

    32 Jesus then said to them, Truly I say to you, What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

    33 The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

    34 Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!

  • John 6:36-37
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    36 But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.

    37 Whatever the Father gives to me will come to me; and I will not send away anyone who comes to me.

  • John 6:40-42
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    40 This, I say, is my Father's pleasure, that everyone who sees the Son and has faith in him may have eternal life: and I will take him up on the last day.

    41 Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

    42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have seen? How is it then that he now says, I have come down from heaven?

  • John 4:13-15
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    13 Jesus said to her, Everyone who takes this water will be in need of it again:

    14 But whoever takes the water I give him will never be in need of drink again; for the water I give him will become in him a fountain of eternal life.

    15 The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may not be in need again of drink and will not have to come all this way for it.

  • John 6:26-27
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    26 Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.

    27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.

  • John 7:36-38
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    36 What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

    37 On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.

    38 He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.

  • John 4:32-33
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    32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

    33 So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?

  • John 6:5
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    5 Lifting up his eyes, Jesus saw a great number of people coming to where he was, and he said to Philip, Where may we get bread for all these people?

  • John 11:25-26
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    25 Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

    26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?

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    6 Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

  • John 5:39-40
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    39 You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

    40 And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

  • John 6:63
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    63 The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.

  • Mark 6:35-36
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    35 And at the end of the day, his disciples came to him and said, This place is waste land, and it is late:

    36 Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

  • John 8:12
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    12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.

  • Matt 4:4
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    4 But he made answer and said, It is in the Writings, Bread is not man's only need, but every word which comes out of the mouth of God.

  • John 8:51
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    51 Truly I say to you, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.

  • John 6:29
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    29 Jesus, answering, said to them, This is to do the work of God: to have faith in him whom God has sent.

  • John 21:13
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    13 Then Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and the fish in the same way.

  • John 5:24
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    24 Truly I say to you, The man whose ears are open to my word and who has faith in him who sent me, has eternal life; he will not be judged, but has come from death into life.

  • John 4:10
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    10 In answer Jesus said, If you had knowledge of what God gives freely and who it is who says to you, Give me water, you would make your prayer to him, and he would give you living water.

  • Matt 15:33
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    33 And the disciples say to him, How may we get enough bread in a waste place, to give food to such a number of people?

  • John 6:65
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    65 And he said, This is why I said to you, No man is able to come to me if he is not given the power to do so by the Father.