It is the same with the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [276]} The Son of Man did not come for other people to serve him. The Son of Man came to serve other people. The Son of Man came to give his life to save many people.”
John 6:51 - Easy To Read Version I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If a person eats this bread, then that person will live forever. This bread is my body. I will give my body so that the people in the world can have life.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body). American Standard Version (1901) I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. Common English Bible I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” Catholic Public Domain Version I am the living bread, who descended from heaven. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I am the living bread which came down from heaven. |
It is the same with the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [276]} The Son of Man did not come for other people to serve him. The Son of Man came to serve other people. The Son of Man came to give his life to save many people.”
Then Jesus took some bread. He thanked God for the bread and divided it. He gave it to the apostles. {\cf2\super [349]} Then Jesus said, “This bread is my body that I am giving for you. Eat this to remember me.”
The Word {\cf2\super [5]} became a man and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace (kindness) and truth.
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God. {\cf2\super [21]} He takes away the sins of the world!
And the person that lives and believes in me will never really die. Martha, do you believe this?”
The only one that has ever gone up to heaven is the One that came down from heaven—the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [48]}
“Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. {\cf2\super [49]} It is the same with the Son of Man. The Son of Man must be lifted up too.
Yes, God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son. God gave his Son so that every person that believes in him would not be lost, but have life forever.
The person that believes in the Son has life forever. But the person that does not obey the Son will never have that life. God’s anger stays with that person.”
“I tell you the truth. If a person hears what I say and believes in the One (God) who sent me, that person has life forever. That person will not be judged guilty. He has already left death and has entered into life.
What is the bread of God? God’s bread is the One that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
Then Jesus said, “I am the bread that gives life. The person that comes to me will never be hungry. The person that believes in me will never be thirsty.
Some Jews began to complain about Jesus. They complained because Jesus said, “I am the bread that comes down from heaven.”
I tell you the truth. If a person believes, then that person has life forever.
Here is the bread that comes down from heaven. If a person eats this bread, he will never die.
If a person believes in me, rivers of living water will flow out from his heart. That is what the Scriptures {\cf2\super [114]} say.”
Live a life of love. Love other people the same as Christ loved us. Christ gave himself for us—he was a sweet-smelling offering and sacrifice {\cf2\super [37]} to God.
Husbands, love your wives the same as Christ loved the church. Christ died for the church.
He gave himself for us. He died to free us from all evil. He died to make us pure people that belong only to him—people that are always wanting to do good things.
We can enter through a new way that Jesus opened for us. It is a living way. This new way leads through the curtain {\cf2\super [134]} —Christ’s body.
The Lord \{Jesus\} is the “stone {\cf2\super [13]} ” that lives. The people \{of the world\} decided they did not want that stone (Jesus). But he was the stone God chose. To God he was worth much. So come to him.
Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. And Jesus is the way that all people can have their sins taken away, too.
True love is God’s love for us, not our love for God. God sent his Son to be the way that God takes away our sins.
We have seen that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. That is what we tell people now.