John 6:56 “Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.”

John 6:56

Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

World English Bible

He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.

American Standard Version

He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

Darby Translation

He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.

Young's Literal Translation

he who is eating my flesh, and is drinking my blood, doth remain in me, and I in him.

Bible in Basic English

He who takes my flesh for food and my blood for drink is in me and I in him.

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Cross references

“He that”

Lamentations 3:24

Lamentations 3:24 · BSB

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

“dwelleth”

1 John 3:24 Revelation 3:20 John 14:20 John 17:21–23 Psalm 91:9 John 14:23

1 John 3:24 · BSB

Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.

Revelation 3:20 · BSB

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

John 14:20 · BSB

On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.

John 17:21–23 · BSB

that 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.

Psalm 91:9 · BSB

Because you have made the LORD your dwelling— my refuge, the Most High—

John 14:23 · BSB

Jesus replied, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word. My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

55For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.

57Just 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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