²² Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

^7 (A)“He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give ^(B)to eat from ^(C)the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.” ’

^14 (A)Blessed are those who ^[a]do His commandments, that they may have the right ^(B)to the tree of life, ^(C)and may enter through the gates into the city.

⁶ And the Lord said, “Indeed ^(A)the people are one and they all have ^(B)one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they ^(C)propose to do will be withheld from them. ⁷ Come, ^(D)let Us go down and there ^(E)confuse their language, that they may not understand one another’s speech.”

^2 (A)In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was ^(B)the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were ^(C)for the healing of the nations.

⁹ And out of the ground the Lord God made ^(A)every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. ^(B)The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and ^(C)evil.

²⁶ Then God said, ^(A)“Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; ^(B)let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over ^[a]all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

^48 (A)I am the bread of life. ^49 (B)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ^50 (C)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(D)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(E)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵² The Jews therefore ^(F)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ^(G)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ^54 (H)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is ^[a]food indeed, and My blood is ^[b]drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(I)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. ^58 (J)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(K)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”