John 6:32
Jesus then told them, “I tell you for certain that Moses wasn’t
the one who gave you bread from heaven. My Father is the one who
gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 And the bread that God
gives is the one who came down from heaven to give life to the
world.”
34 The people said, “Lord, give us this bread and don’t ever stop!”
35 Jesus replied:
I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever
be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty. 36
I have told you already that you have seen me and still do not
have faith in me. 37 Everything and everyone that the Father has
given me will come to me, and I won’t turn any of them away.
38 I didn’t come from heaven to do what I want! I came to do what
the Father wants me to do. He sent me, 39 and he wants to make
certain that none of the ones he has given me will be lost. Instead,
he wants me to raise them to life on the last day. 40 My Father
wants everyone who sees the Son to have faith in him and to have
eternal life. Then I will raise them to life on the last day.
48 I am the bread that gives life! 49 Your ancestors ate manna
in the desert, and later they died. 50 But the bread from heaven
has come down, so that no one who eats it will ever die. 51 I
am that bread from heaven! Everyone who eats it will live forever.
My flesh is the life-giving bread that I give to the people of
this world.
14 My friends,
you must keep away from idols. 15 I am speaking to you as people
who have enough sense to know what I am talking about. 16 When
we drink from the cup that we ask God to bless, isn’t that sharing
in the blood of Christ? When we eat the bread that we break, isn’t
that sharing in the body of Christ? 17 By sharing in the same
loaf of bread, we become one body, even though there are many
of us.
John 6:26 Jesus answered, “I tell you for certain that you are
not looking for me because you saw the miracles, but because
you ate all the food you wanted. 27 Don’t work for food that spoils.
Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give
you this food, because God the Father has given him the right
to do so.”
28 “What exactly does God want us to do?” the people asked.
29 Jesus answered, “God wants you to have faith in the one he
sent.”
The Contemporary
English [computer file], electronic ed., Logos Library System,
(Nashville: Thomas Nelson) 1997, c1995 by the American Bible Society,
[Online] Available: Logos Library System.
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