John 6:51

Jesus declares Himself the living bread; whoever eats it will live forever, and the bread He gives is His flesh for the world's life. He points to His sacrificial death as the source of eternal life.

Cross-references · 21

• John 6:33For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”
• Luke 22:19He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, “This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me.”
• Titus 2:14who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
• Heb 10:5–12Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire, but you prepared a body for me.
• John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven, but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.
• Matt 20:28even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
• Heb 10:20by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;
• 2 Cor 5:21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Eph 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
• 1 Pet 2:4coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
• John 3:16For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
• John 1:29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
• John 6:52–58The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
• 1 Jn 4:14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
• John 1:14The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
• 1 Jn 4:10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• 1 Jn 2:2And he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
• John 4:10–11Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
• 2 Cor 5:19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation.
• Eph 5:25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;
• John 7:38He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water.”

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