Thematic Bible: Body of Christ symbolized by the bread
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I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. Then the Jews contended one with another, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? Then Jesus said to them, I tell you most truly, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. read more.
He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood continues in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so he that eats me shall live by me. This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers eat and died, he that eats this bread shall live forever. These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum. Then many of his disciples hearing him said, This is a hard saying; who can hear him? And Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples complained of this, said to them, Does this offend you? [What], then if you should see the Son of man ascend where he was formerly? The Spirit is that which makes alive; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is the true food, and my blood is the true drink. He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood continues in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me and I live by the Father, so he that eats me shall live by me. This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers eat and died, he that eats this bread shall live forever. These things he said in a synagogue, teaching in Capernaum. Then many of his disciples hearing him said, This is a hard saying; who can hear him? And Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples complained of this, said to them, Does this offend you? [What], then if you should see the Son of man ascend where he was formerly? The Spirit is that which makes alive; the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and life.