John 6:48

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I am the bread of life.

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Referenced Verses

  • John 6:51 : 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.
  • John 6:33-35 : 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! 35 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.
  • 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.
  • 1 Cor 10:16-17 : 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.
  • 1 Cor 11:24-25 : 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.

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  • John 6:31-36
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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!

    35 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.

    36 But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.

  • John 6:49-59
    11 verses
    86%

    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.

  • 47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.

  • John 6:40-42
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    78%

    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 6:26-28
    3 verses
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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.

    28 Then they said to him, How may we do the works of God?

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

  • 32 But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • John 8:23-24
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    23 And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24 For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

  • 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?

  • 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;

  • 28 So Jesus said, When the Son of man has been lifted up by you, then it will be clear to you who I am, and that I do nothing of myself, but say as the Father gave me teaching.

  • 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.

  • 58 Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

  • 26 Jesus said to her, I, who am talking to you, am he.

  • 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my pleasure, but the pleasure of him who sent me.

  • 22 And while they were taking food, he took bread, and after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to them, and said, Take it: this is my body.

  • 50 And I have knowledge that his order is eternal life: so that the things which I say, I say them even as the Father says them to me.

  • 26 And when they were taking food, Jesus took bread and, after blessing it, he gave the broken bread to the disciples and said, Take it; this is my body.

  • 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

  • 30 I and my Father are one.

  • 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.

  • 45 And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.

  • 44 And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.

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

  • 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.

  • 28 I came out from the Father and have come into the world: again, I go away from the world and go to the Father.

  • 69 And we have faith and are certain that you are the Holy One of God.