John 6:44-51

I Am the Bread of Life

44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me q draws him. And r I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, s 'And they will all be t taught by God.' u Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me - 46 v not that anyone has seen the Father except w he who is from God; he x has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, y whoever believes has eternal life. 48 z I am the bread of life. 49 a Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and b they died. 50 c This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it d and not die. 51 I am the living bread e that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give f for the life of the world is g my flesh."

  1. Cross References
    John 12:32
    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
    Jeremiah 31:3
    The Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.
    Hosea 11:4
    I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
    John 6:65
    And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.
    John 4:23
    But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
  2. Cross References
    John 6:39
    And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 54:13
    All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
    Jeremiah 31:33 - 34
    But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord : I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
    Hebrews 8:10 - 11
    For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  4. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 2:13
    And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
    1 Thessalonians 4:9
    Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.
    1 John 2:20
    But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
  5. Cross References
    John 6:37
    All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 54:13
    All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
  7. Cross References
    John 1:18
    No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
  8. Cross References
    John 7:29
    I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.
  9. Cross References
    John 3:32
    He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
    John 8:38
    I speak of what I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.
  10. Cross References
    John 3:36
    Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.
  11. Cross References
    John 6:35
    Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
  12. Cross References
    John 6:31
    Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'
  13. Cross References
    John 6:58
    This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.
  14. Cross References
    John 6:33
    For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
  15. Cross References
    John 6:51
    I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
    John 6:58
    This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.
  16. Cross References
    John 3:13
    No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.
  17. Cross References
    John 6:57
    As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.
    Luke 22:19
    And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.
  18. Cross References
    John 6:53 - 56
    So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
    John 1:14
    And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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