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 He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
• Luke 22:19And 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.”
• Titus 2:14He 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.
• Heb 10:5–12Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
• John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.
• Matt 20:28just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
• Heb 10:20by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
• 2 Cor 5:21God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
• Eph 5:2and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
• 1 Pet 2:4As you come to Him, the living stone, rejected by men but chosen and precious in God’s sight,
• John 3:16For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
• John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
• John 6:52–58At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
• 1 Jn 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
• John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• 1 Jn 4:10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
• 1 Jn 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• John 4:10–11Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
• 2 Cor 5:19that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
• Eph 5:25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
• John 7:38Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

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