John 6:51

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, they will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    I{G1473} am{G1510} the{G740} living{G2198} bread{G740} which came down{G2597} out of{G1537} heaven:{G3772} if{G1437} any man{G5100} eat{G5315} of{G1537} this{G5127} bread,{G740} he shall live{G2198} for{G1519} ever:{G165} yea and{G2532} the bread{G740} {G1161} which{G3739} I{G1473} will give{G1325} is{G1473} my{G3450} flesh,{G4561} for{G5228} the life{G2222} of the world.{G2889}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    I{G1473} am{G1510}{(G5748)} the living{G2198}{(G5723)} bread{G740} which{G3588} came down{G2597}{(G5631)} from{G1537} heaven{G3772}: if{G1437} any man{G5100} eat{G5315}{(G5632)} of{G1537} this{G5127} bread{G740}, he shall live{G2198}{(G5695)} for{G1519} ever{G165}: and{G1161}{G2532} the bread{G740} that{G3739} I{G1473} will give{G1325}{(G5692)} is{G2076}{(G5748)} my{G3450} flesh{G4561}, which{G3739} I{G1473} will give{G1325}{(G5692)} for{G5228} the life{G2222} of the world{G2889}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    I am that lyvinge breed which came doune from heave. Yf eny man eate of this breed he shall live forever. And the breed that I will geve is my flesshe which I will geve for the lyfe of ye worlde

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    I am that lyuynge bred, which came downe fro heauen: Who so eateth of this bred, shal lyue for euer. And the bred that I wil geue, is my flesh which I wil geue for ye life of the worlde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    I am that liuing breade, which came downe from heauen: if any man eate of this breade, hee shall liue for euer: and the bread that I will giue, is my flesh, which I will giue for the life of the world.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    I am that lyuyng bread, which came downe from heauen. Yf any man eate of this bread, he shall lyue for euer. And the bread that I wyl geue, is my fleshe, whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ‹I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.›

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `I am the living bread that came down out of the heaven; if any one may eat of this bread he shall live -- to the age; and the bread also that I will give is my flesh, that I will give for the life of the world.'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.

  • 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.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Referenced Verses

  • Luke 22:19 : 19 And taking bread, he gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'
  • Eph 5:2 : 2 And walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself for us, a sacrificial offering to God, a pleasing aroma.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!'
  • John 3:13 : 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
  • John 3:16 : 16 For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
  • Matt 20:28 : 28 Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
  • 2 Cor 5:21 : 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • 1 John 4:14 : 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
  • John 4:10-11 : 10 Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." 11 The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. Where then do you get this living water?
  • John 6:33 : 33 'For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.'
  • John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • John 7:38 : 38 'Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.'
  • 2 Cor 5:19 : 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
  • Eph 5:25 : 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify a people for His own possession, who are eager to do good works.
  • Heb 10:5-9 : 5 Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You prepared a body for Me. 6 You were not pleased with whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin. 7 Then I said, 'Behold, I have come—it is written about Me in the scroll of the book—to do Your will, O God.'" 8 After saying above that sacrifices, offerings, whole burnt offerings, and offerings for sins You did not desire nor were pleased with—which are offered according to the law— 9 then He said, 'Behold, I have come to do Your will.' He takes away the first to establish the second. 10 And by that will, we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 11 Every priest stands daily ministering and offering the same sacrifices time after time, which can never take away sins. 12 But this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God.
  • Heb 10:20 : 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body,
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 As you come to Him, the living Stone—rejected by people but chosen and precious to God—
  • 1 John 2:2 : 2 He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
  • 1 John 4:10 : 10 In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
  • John 6:52-58 : 52 Then the Jews argued sharply among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?' 53 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.' 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 6:47-50
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    47 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.

    48 I am the bread of life.

    49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

    50 But this is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.

  • John 6:52-59
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    52 Then the Jews argued sharply among themselves, 'How can this man give us his flesh to eat?'

    53 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.'

    54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.

    55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

    56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.

    57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who eats me will live because of me.

    58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.

    59 He said these things while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

  • John 6:31-36
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    31 'Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: "He gave them bread from heaven to eat."'

    32 Jesus said to them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.'

    33 'For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.'

    34 They said to him, 'Sir, always give us this bread.'

    35 Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.'

    36 'But as I told you, you have seen me, and yet you do not believe.'

  • John 6:38-42
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    38 'For I have come down from heaven not to do my will, but the will of him who sent me.'

    39 'And this is the will of him who sent me: that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up on the last day.'

    40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.

    41 At this, the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, 'I am the bread that came down from heaven.'

    42 They said, 'Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?'.

  • John 6:26-27
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    26 Jesus answered them, 'Truly, truly, I tell you, you are seeking me not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the bread and were satisfied.'

    27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'

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    62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before?

    63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are Spirit and they are life.

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    22 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is my body."

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    26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when He had given thanks, He broke it and gave it to His disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is My body."

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    19 And taking bread, he gave thanks, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, 'This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.'

  • John 4:32-34
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    32 But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about."

    33 So the disciples said to one another, "Could someone have brought him something to eat?"

    34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.

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    5 When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, 'Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?'

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    23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,

    24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, 'This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.'

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    23 He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • John 4:14
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    14 But whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."

  • John 14:19
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    19 In a little while, the world will see me no longer, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.

  • Mark 6:36-37
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    70%

    36 'Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.'

    37 But He answered them, 'You give them something to eat.' They said to Him, 'Should we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread and give it to them to eat?'

  • Matt 6:11
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    11 Give us today our daily bread.

  • 1 Cor 11:26-27
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    26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes.

    27 Therefore, whoever eats this bread or drinks this cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.

  • Matt 4:4
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    4 But He answered, 'It is written: Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'

  • John 10:11
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    11 I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

  • John 21:13
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    13 Jesus came, took the bread, and gave it to them, and he did the same with the fish.

  • John 10:17
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    17 The Father loves me because I lay down my life so that I may take it up again.

  • John 8:51
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    51 Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.

  • Gen 9:4
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    4 But you must not eat meat that still has its lifeblood in it.

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