King James Version (KJV)
John 6:51
“‹I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.›”
Verse in context — John 6
49
‹Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.›
50
‹This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.›
51
‹I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.›
52
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?
53
Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.›
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