John 6:51

Eternal life Jesus Christ The cross and atonement The Lord's Supper

⁴⁹ Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

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

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

⁵² At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

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

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: 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.”
ASV: 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.
DARBY: I am the living bread which has come down out of heaven: if any one shall have eaten of this bread he shall live for ever; but the bread withal which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
BLB: I am the living bread having come down out of heaven. If anyone shall eat of this bread, he will live to the age. And the bread also that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.”

ÅB: Jeg er det levende brød, som er kommet ned fra himmelen; om noen spiser av dette brød, skal han leve evindelig; og det brød jeg vil gi, er mitt kjød, som jeg vil gi for verdens liv.
OTB: Jeg er det levende brødet som kom ned fra himmelen. Hvis noen spiser av dette brødet, skal de leve evig. Dette brødet er mitt kjød, som jeg vil gi for verdens liv."
B1930: Jeg er det levende brød, som er kommet ned fra himmelen; om nogen eter av dette brød, skal han leve evindelig; og det brød jeg vil gi, er mitt kjød, som jeg vil gi for verdens liv.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Luke 22:19
And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
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John 6:33
For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
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Titus 2:14
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
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Hebrews 10:5–12
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
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John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
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Matthew 20:28
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.”
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2 Corinthians 5:21
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
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Hebrews 10:20
by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
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