John 6:31

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

For example, when our ancestors were in the desert, they were given manna to eat. It happened just as the Scriptures say, ‘God gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

Cross References

Nehemiah 9:15

When they were hungry, you sent bread from heaven, and when they were thirsty, you let water flow from a rock. Then you commanded them to capture the land that you had solemnly promised.

Nehemiah 9:20

Your gentle Spirit instructed them, and you gave them manna to eat and water to drink.

Psalm 105:40

When they asked for food, he sent more birds than they could eat.

Exodus 16:35

The Israelites ate manna for forty years, before they came to the border of Canaan that was a settled land.

John 6:32

Jesus then told them, “I tell you for certain that Moses wasn't the one who gave you bread from heaven. My Father is the one who gives you the true bread from heaven.

John 6:49

Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, and later they died.

John 6:58

The bread that comes down from heaven isn't like what your ancestors ate. They died, but whoever eats this bread will live for ever.

1 Corinthians 10:3

All of them also ate the same spiritual food

Deuteronomy 8:3

so he made you go hungry. Then he gave you manna, a kind of food that you and your ancestors had never even heard about. The LORD was teaching you that people need more than food to live—they need every word that the LORD has spoken.

Revelation 2:17

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To everyone who wins the victory, I will give some of the hidden food. I will also give each one a white stone with a new name written on it. No one will know that name except the one who is given the stone.