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John 6:55
John 6:55 is verse 55 of John chapter 6, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
King James Version
For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
World English Bible
For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
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John 6:53–57 · Berean Standard Bible
53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
55 For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
56 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
57 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
John 6:32Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
John 1:47When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
John 8:31So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
John 8:36So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
John 15:1“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.
Psalms 4:7You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
Hebrews 8:2and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.
1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.