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Bread From Heaven

From manna in the wilderness to the bread of life.

God rains down bread from heaven to feed Israel in the desert, teaching that "man shall not live by bread alone." Centuries later Jesus says, "I am the bread of life," takes bread, breaks it, and says, "This is my body" — the true bread come down from heaven.
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    Manna in the wilderness

    Exodus 16:4

    Then the Lord said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a certain quota every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in My law or not.

    God rains down bread from heaven.
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    Not by bread alone

    Deuteronomy 8:3

    So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

    "Man does not live by bread alone."
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    The bread of life

    John 6:35

    And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.

    "I am the bread of life."
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    This is my body

    Matthew 26:26

    And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.”

    Jesus takes bread and gives it as his body.
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    One bread, one body

    1 Corinthians 10:17

    For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.

    "We who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread."

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.