John 6:54

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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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  • John 6:39-40 : 39 And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day. 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.
  • Phil 3:7-9 : 7 But those things which were profit to me, I gave up for Christ. 8 Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward, 9 And be seen in him, not having my righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;
  • John 6:47 : 47 Truly I say to you, He who has faith in me has eternal life.
  • John 6:63 : 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.
  • Gal 2:20 : 20 I have been put to death on the cross with Christ; still I am living; no longer I, but Christ is living in me; and that life which I now am living in the flesh I am living by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who in love for me, gave himself up for me.
  • Ps 22:26 : 26 The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Whoever is simple, let him come in here; and to him who has no sense, she says: 5 Come, take of my bread, and of my wine which is mixed. 6 Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.
  • Isa 25:6-8 : 6 And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested. 7 And in this mountain he will put an end to the shade covering the face of all peoples, and the veil which is stretched over all nations. 8 He has put an end to death for ever; and the Lord God will take away all weeping; and he will put an end to the shame of his people in all the earth: for the Lord has said it.
  • 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.
  • John 4:14 : 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.
  • John 6:27 : 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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 6:47-53
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    90%

    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.

  • John 6:55-60
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    90%

    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 6:39-41
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    80%

    39 And this is the pleasure of him who sent me, that I am not to let out of my hands anything which he has given me, but I am to give it new life on the last day.

    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.

  • John 6:31-35
    5 verses
    76%

    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.

  • John 6:62-63
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • John 6:27
    73%

    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.

  • Mark 14:22
    72%

    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.

  • Gen 9:4
    72%

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

  • 1 Cor 11:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    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.

  • John 4:32
    71%

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

  • John 5:24-25
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    71%

    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.

    25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.

  • John 6:44
    71%

    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.

  • Mark 14:24
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    24 And he said to them, This is my blood of the testament, which is given for men.

  • John 7:37
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    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.

  • John 4:34
    70%

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

  • Matt 26:26
    70%

    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.

  • John 4:14
    70%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 11:29
    70%

    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.

  • Lev 17:14
    69%

    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.

  • Deut 12:23
    69%

    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.

  • Lev 17:11
    69%

    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.

  • John 3:36
    69%

    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.

  • John 12:25
    69%

    25 He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

  • Lev 7:27
    69%

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

  • John 11:26
    69%

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

  • John 8:51
    68%

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

  • John 3:15
    68%

    15 So that whoever has faith may have in him eternal life.

  • 1 John 5:6
    68%

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

  • John 14:19
    68%

    19 A little time longer, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me; and you will be living because I am living.

  • Ezek 39:19
    68%

    19 You will go on feasting on the fat till you are full, and drinking the blood till you are overcome with it, of my offering which I have put to death for you.