John 6:53

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 5:12 : 12 He who has the Son has the life; he who has not the Son of God has not the life.
  • Matt 26:26-28 : 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. 27 And he took a cup and, having given praise, he gave it to them, saying, 28 Take of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the testament, which is given for men for the forgiveness of sins.
  • John 6:55 : 55 My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.
  • John 15:4 : 4 Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.
  • John 6:47 : 47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.
  • John 3:3 : 3 Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
  • Matt 18:3 : 3 And said, Truly, I say to you, If you do not have a change of heart and become like little children, you will not go into the kingdom of heaven.
  • John 6:26-27 : 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.
  • Matt 5:18 : 18 Truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth come to an end, not the smallest letter or part of a letter will in any way be taken from the law, till all things are done.
  • John 13:8 : 8 Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
  • Luke 13:3 : 3 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to the same end.
  • Luke 13:5 : 5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.
  • John 3:5 : 5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.
  • John 3:36 : 36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
  • Rev 2:7 : 7 He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the fruit of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 6:54-60
    7 verses
    90%

    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.

    60 Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

  • John 6:47-52
    6 verses
    85%

    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?

  • John 6:62-65
    4 verses
    80%

    62 What then will you say if you see the Son of man going up to where he was before?

    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.

    64 But still some of you have no faith. For it was clear to Jesus from the first who they were who had no faith, and who it was who would be false to him.

    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.

  • John 6:31-36
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    78%

    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.

  • Gen 9:4
    77%

    4 But flesh with the life-blood in it you may not take for food.

  • John 6:26-28
    3 verses
    76%

    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?

  • Deut 12:23
    75%

    23 But see that you do not take the blood for food; for the blood is the life; and you may not make use of the life as food with the flesh.

  • John 4:32-34
    3 verses
    74%

    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?

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

  • Mark 14:22
    73%

    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.

  • Lev 17:14
    72%

    14 For the blood is the life of all flesh: and so I have said to the children of Israel, You may not take any sort of blood as food, and any man who does so will be cut of.

  • John 5:40
    72%

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

  • John 15:4-6
    3 verses
    72%

    4 Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

    5 I am the vine, you are the branches: he who is in me at all times as I am in him, gives much fruit, because without me you are able to do nothing.

    6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.

  • 1 Cor 11:27
    72%

    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.

  • John 6:40-41
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Lev 17:11
    72%

    11 For the life of the flesh is in its blood; and I have given it to you on the altar to take away your sin: for it is the blood which makes free from sin because of the life in it.

  • Matt 26:26
    71%

    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.

  • 1 John 5:6
    71%

    6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

  • Lev 7:27
    71%

    27 Whoever takes any blood for food will be cut off from his people.

  • Luke 7:33
    71%

    33 For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

  • 1 Cor 11:29
    71%

    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.

  • Mark 6:36
    70%

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

  • John 8:51
    70%

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

  • John 7:36
    70%

    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?

  • John 3:6
    70%

    6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.