Psalm 78:24
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24 he rained down on them manna to eat
and gave them the grain of heaven.(A)
Exodus 16:4
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4 Then the Lord said to Moses, “I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and each day the people shall go out and gather enough for that day. In that way I will test them, whether they will follow my instruction or not.(A)
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Psalm 105:40
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40 They asked, and he brought quails
and gave them food from heaven in abundance.(A)
1 Corinthians 10:3
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3 and all ate the same spiritual food,(A)
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John 6:31-71
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31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”(A) 32 Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which[a] comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”(B) 34 They said to him, “Sir,[b] give us this bread always.”(C)
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.(D) 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.(E) 37 Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away,(F) 38 for I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.(G) 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me but raise it up on the last day.(H) 40 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”(I)
41 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”(J) 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise that person up on the last day.(K) 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.(L) 46 Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.(M) 47 Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.(N) 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”(O)
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”(P) 53 So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.(Q) 54 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day,(R) 55 for my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them.(S) 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which the ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.” 59 He said these things while he was teaching in a synagogue at Capernaum.
The Words of Eternal Life
60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?” 61 But Jesus, being aware that his disciples were complaining about it, said to them, “Does this offend you?(T) 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?(U) 63 It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But among you there are some who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning who were the ones who did not believe and who was the one who would betray him.(V) 65 And he said, “For this reason I have told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father.”(W)
66 Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. 67 So Jesus asked the twelve, “Do you also wish to go away?” 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”[c](X) 70 Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”(Y) 71 He was speaking of Judas son of Simon Iscariot,[d] for he, though one of the twelve, was going to betray him.
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Psalm 68:9
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9 Rain in abundance, O God, you showered abroad;
you restored your heritage when it languished;(A)
Nehemiah 9:20
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20 You gave your good spirit to instruct them and did not withhold your manna from their mouths and gave them water for their thirst.(A)
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Nehemiah 9:15
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15 For their hunger you gave them bread from heaven, and for their thirst you brought water for them out of the rock, and you told them to go in to possess the land that you swore to give them.(A)
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Deuteronomy 8:3
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3 He humbled you by letting you hunger, then by feeding you with manna, with which neither you nor your ancestors were acquainted, in order to make you understand that one does not live by bread alone but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.(A)
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Exodus 16:14
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14 When the layer of dew lifted, there on the surface of the wilderness was a fine flaky substance, as fine as frost on the ground.(A)
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