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34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always give us this bread.”

35 Jesus replied to them, [a]I am the Bread of Life. The one who comes to Me will never be hungry, and the one who believes in Me [as Savior] will never be thirsty [for that one will be sustained spiritually]. 36 But as I told you, you have seen Me and still you do not believe.

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:35 Jesus uses the words “I am” over twenty times in this Gospel. Especially memorable are those places where “I am” is followed by a metaphor that declares His deity and His relationship to mankind as Savior (this is the first of seven such references); see 8:12 (Light); 10:9 (Door); 10:11 (Good Shepherd); 11:25 (Resurrection); 14:6 (Way, Truth, Life); 15:5 (Vine).

34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”(A)

35 Then Jesus declared, “I am(B) the bread of life.(C) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes(D) in me will never be thirsty.(E) 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.

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