John 6:49
Your fathers took the manna in the waste land--and they are dead.
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- John 6:31 : 31 Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
- John 6:58 : 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.
- 1 Cor 10:3-5 : 3 And they all took the same holy food; 4 And the same holy drink: for they all took of the water from the holy rock which came after them: and the rock was Christ. 5 But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.
- Heb 3:17-19 : 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land? 18 And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders? 19 So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.
- Jude 1:5 : 5 Now it is my purpose to put you in mind, though you once had knowledge of all these things, of how the Lord, having taken a people safely out of Egypt, later sent destruction on those who had no faith;
- Num 26:65 : 65 For the Lord had said of them, Death will certainly overtake them in the waste land. And of them all, only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, were still living.
- Zech 1:5 : 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?
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- John 6:30-367 verses86%
30So they said, What sign do you give us, so that we may see and have faith in you? What do you do?
31Our fathers had the manna in the waste land, as the Writings say, He gave them bread from heaven.
32Jesus 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.
33The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
34Ah, Lord, they said, give us that bread for ever!
35And 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.
36But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.
- John 6:50-5910 verses85%
50The bread which comes from heaven is such bread that a man may take it for food and never see death.
51I 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.
52Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?
53Then 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.
54He 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.
55My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
56He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.
57As 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.
58This 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.
59Jesus said these things in the Synagogue while he was teaching at Capernaum.
- John 6:47-482 verses79%
47Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.
48I am the bread of life.
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15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
- John 6:26-272 verses74%
26Jesus, 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.
27Let 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 6:41-422 verses73%
41Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42And 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?
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3And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
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6But now our soul is wasted away; there is nothing at all: we have nothing but this manna before our eyes.
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35And the children of Israel had manna for their food for forty years, till they came to a land with people in it, till they came to the edge of the land of Canaan.
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16Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
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32But as for you, your dead bodies will be stretched in this waste land.
- Exod 16:31-322 verses71%
31And this bread was named manna by Israel: it was white, like a grain seed, and its taste was like cakes made with honey.
32And Moses said, This is the order which the Lord has given: Let one omer of it be kept for future generations, so that they may see the bread which I gave you for your food in the waste land, when I took you out from the land of Egypt.
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5And crying out against God and against Moses, they said, Why have you taken us out of Egypt to come to our death in the waste land? For there is no bread and no water, and this poor bread is disgusting to us.
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3And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.
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9When your fathers put me to the test, and saw my works for forty years.
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36Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.
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44And those who took of the bread were five thousand men.
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24And he sent down manna like rain for their food, and gave them the grain of heaven.
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12And there was no more manna from the day after they had for their food the produce of the land; the children of Israel had manna no longer, but that year the produce of the land of Canaan was their food.
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4And his disciples said in answer, How will it be possible to get enough bread for these men here in a waste place?
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63The 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.
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15And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.
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22But have come back, and have taken food and water in this place where he said you were to take no food or water; your dead body will not be put to rest with your fathers.
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9When the dew came down on the tents at night, the manna came down with it.
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29Your dead bodies will be stretched out in this waste land; and of all your number, all those of twenty years old and over who have been crying out against me,
- John 4:32-332 verses68%
32But he said to them, I have food of which you have no knowledge.
33So the disciples said one to another, Did anyone give him food?
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5Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they go on living for ever?
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40And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.
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3And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;