16 Bible Verses about Jesus As Food

Jesus told them, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.

I'm the bread of life.

I'm the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he'll live forever. And the bread I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."

The bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."

Then the Jewish leaders began grumbling about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."

This is the bread that came down from heaven, not the kind that your ancestors ate. They died, but the one who eats this bread will live forever."

This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that a person may eat it and not die.

Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

Then he took a loaf of bread, gave thanks, broke it in pieces, and handed it to them, saying, "This is my body, which is given for you. Keep on doing this in memory of me."

So Jesus told them, "Truly, I tell all of you emphatically, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.

"Let everyone listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give the privilege of eating from the tree of life that is in God's paradise.'"

Then the Jewish leaders debated angrily with each other, asking, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I'll raise him to life on the last day,

because my flesh is real food, and my blood is real drink.

The person who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

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