John 6:48

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I am the bread of life.

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  • John 6:51 : 51 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.”
  • John 6:33-35 : 33 For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 So they said to him,“Sir, give us this bread all the time!” 35 Jesus said to them,“I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.
  • John 6:41 : 41 Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said,“I am the bread that came down from heaven,”
  • 1 Cor 10:16-17 : 16 Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? 17 Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread.
  • 1 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 and after he had given thanks he broke it and said,“This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 25 In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying,“This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

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

    32Then Jesus told them,“I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

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

    34So they said to him,“Sir, give us this bread all the time!”

    35Jesus said to them,“I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty.

    36But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

  • John 6:49-59
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    86%

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

    50This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

    51I 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.”

    52Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another,“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

    53Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves.

    54The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

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

    56The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him.

    57Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me.

    58This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

    59Many Followers Depart Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

  • John 6:47
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    47I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

  • John 6:40-42
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    40For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

    41Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said,“I am the bread that came down from heaven,”

    42and they said,“Isn’t this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,‘I have come down from heaven’?”

  • John 6:26-28
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    26Jesus replied,“I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted.

    27Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life– the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

    28So then they said to him,“What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?”

  • John 14:6
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    6Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

  • John 4:32
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    32But he said to them,“I have food to eat that you know nothing about.”

  • John 8:12
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    12Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  • John 6:63
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    63The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

  • John 8:23-24
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    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

    24Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

  • John 6:5
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    5Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip,“Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?”

  • John 11:25
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    25Jesus said to her,“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies,

  • John 8:28
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    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

  • John 5:39-40
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    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

    40but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

  • John 8:58
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    58Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”

  • John 4:26
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    26Jesus said to her,“I, the one speaking to you, am he.”

  • John 6:38
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    38For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me.

  • Mark 14:22
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    22The Lord’s Supper While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said,“Take it. This is my body.”

  • John 12:50
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    50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”

  • Matt 26:26
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    26The Lord’s Supper While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said,“Take, eat, this is my body.”

  • John 9:5
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    5As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

  • John 10:30
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    30The Father and I are one.”

  • John 4:34
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    34Jesus said to them,“My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work.

  • John 12:45
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    45and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

  • Mark 6:44
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    44Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread.

  • Mark 6:36
    69%

    36Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.”

  • Matt 4:4
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    4But he answered,“It is written,‘Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

  • John 16:28
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    28I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

  • John 6:69
    68%

    69We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God!”