John 6:35

Jesus declares, 'I am the bread of life,' promising that whoever comes and believes will never hunger or thirst. This is the first of His great 'I am' sayings and the heart of the discourse.

Cross-references · 16

• John 6:48–58I am the bread of life.
• Rev 22:17The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” He who hears, let him say, “Come!” He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.
• Isa 55:1–3“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
• John 6:41The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down out of heaven.”
• Isa 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.
• John 7:37–38Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
• Rev 7:16They will never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on them, nor any heat;
• Matt 11:28“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
• 1 Cor 11:23–29For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
• John 4:13–14Jesus answered her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
• John 6:37All those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.
• Luke 6:25Woe to you, you who are full now, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
• 1 Cor 10:16–18The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?
• John 6:65He said, “For this cause I have said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father.”
• John 5:40Yet you will not come to me, that you may have life.
• John 6:44–45No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

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