John 6:53

The Lord's Supper Jesus Christ Eternal life

⁵¹ 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.

⁵² The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

⁵⁴ Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

⁵⁵ For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

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

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BSB: 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.
KJV: Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
WEB: Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.
ASV: Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves.
DARBY: Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye shall have eaten the flesh of the Son of man, and drunk his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.
BLB: Therefore Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you⁺, unless you⁺ shall eat the flesh of the Son of Man and shall drink His blood, you⁺ do not have life in yourselves.

ÅB: Jesus sa da til dem: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere: Dersom dere ikke spiser Menneskesønnens kjød og drikker hans blod, har dere ikke liv i dere.
OTB: Jesus sa til dem: "Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg dere, hvis dere ikke spiser Menneskesønnens kjød og drikker hans blod, kan dere ikke ha liv i dere.
B1930: Jesus sa da til dem: Sannelig, sannelig sier jeg eder: Dersom I ikke eter Menneskesønnens kjød og drikker hans blod, har I ikke liv i eder.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

1 John 5:12
He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
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Matthew 26:26–28
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
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John 6:55
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
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John 6:47
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
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John 15:4
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
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John 6:26–27
Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
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John 3:3
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
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Revelation 2:17
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
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