16 Bible Verses about Jesus As Food
Most Relevant Verses
Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty again.
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread, he will live {forever}. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh."
Now the Jews began to grumble about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven,"
This is the bread that came down from heaven, not as the fathers ate and died. The one who eats this bread will live {forever}."
This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that someone may eat from it and not die.
Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven!
And he took bread, [and] [after] giving thanks, he broke [it] and gave [it] to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me."
Then Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life in yourselves!
The one who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will grant to him to eat from the tree of life which is in the paradise of God.'
So the Jews began to quarrel {among themselves}, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, [so] also the one who eats me--that one will live because of me.