This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
Parallel translations
- KJV This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
- BSB This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
- NKJV This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
- NASB This is the bread that comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and not die.
- NLT Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die.
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Cross-references · 8
- John 6:33For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”
- Rom 8:10If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
- John 6:58This is the bread which came down out of heaven — not as our fathers ate the manna, and died. He who eats this bread will live forever.”
- John 6:51I 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.”
- John 8:51Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
- John 6:42They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’”
- John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
- John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
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