John 6:49

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Zechariah 1:5

Where are your ancestors now? Not even prophets live for ever.

Numbers 26:65

except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. The LORD had said that everyone else would die there in the desert.

John 6:31

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.’ ”

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.

Jude 1:5

Don't forget what happened to those people that the Lord rescued from Egypt. Some of them did not have faith, and he later destroyed them.

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.