John 6:51

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Luke 22:19 : 19 And he took bread and, having given praise, he gave it to them when it had been broken, saying, This is my body, which is given for you: do this in memory of me.
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And be living in love, even as Christ had love for you, and gave himself up for us, an offering to God for a perfume of a sweet smell.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
  • John 3:13 : 13 And no one has ever gone up to heaven but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God had such love for the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever has faith in him may not come to destruction but have eternal life.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Even as the Son of man did not come to have servants, but to be a servant, and to give his life for the salvation of men.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
  • John 4:10-11 : 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. 11 The woman said to him, Sir, you have no vessel and the fountain is deep; from where will you get the living water?
  • John 6:33 : 33 The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.
  • John 7:38 : 38 He who has faith in me, out of his body, as the Writings have said, will come rivers of living water.
  • 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, have love for your wives, even as Christ had love for the church, and gave himself for it;
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave himself for us, so that he might make us free from all wrongdoing, and make for himself a people clean in heart and on fire with good works.
  • Heb 10:5-9 : 5 So that when he comes into the world, he says, You had no desire for offerings, but you made a body ready for me; 6 You had no joy in burned offerings or in offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, See, I have come to do your pleasure, O God (as it is said of me in the roll of the book). 8 After saying, You had no desire for offerings, for burned offerings or offerings for sin (which are made by the law) and you had no pleasure in them, 9 Then he said, See, I have come to do your pleasure. He took away the old order, so that he might put the new order in its place. 10 By that pleasure we have been made holy, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once and for ever. 11 And every priest takes his place at the altar day by day, doing what is necessary, and making again and again the same offerings which are never able to take away sins. 12 But when Jesus had made one offering for sins for ever, he took his place at the right hand of God;
  • Heb 10:20 : 20 By the new and living way which he made open for us through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 He is the offering for our sins; and not for ours only, but for all the world.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
  • John 6:52-58 : 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.

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    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.

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