John 6:49
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.”
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“Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“your fathers did eat the manna in the wilderness, and they died;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo John 6:49 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 26:65For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Zechariah 1:5Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
- John 6:31Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
- John 6:58This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
- 1 Corinthians 10:3They all ate the same spiritual food
- Hebrews 3:17And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
- Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
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