John 6:57

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.”

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BSBPD

“Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`According as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, he also who is eating me, even that one shall live because of me;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 6:57 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Psalms 18:46The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
  2. Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
  3. Matthew 16:16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
  4. John 3:17For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.
  5. John 5:26For as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted the Son to have life in Himself.
  6. John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  7. John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  8. John 14:19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
  9. John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  10. 1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
  11. 2 Corinthians 13:4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
  12. Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
  13. Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
  14. 1 Thessalonians 1:9For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
  15. Hebrews 9:14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
  16. 1 John 4:9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

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