Scripture passages about Christ as the Bread of Life, manna from heaven, and “daily bread.”
13 Scripture Passages · Father’s Blessing Bible
John 6:32–35
32 Jesus then said to them: Truly, truly, I say to you: Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the One who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. 34 They said to Him: Lord, give us this bread always. 35 Jesus then said to them: I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me will not hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
John 6:48–51
48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness and died; 50 but the bread that comes down from heaven is such that whoever eats it will not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:53–58
53 Jesus then said to them: Truly, truly, I say to you: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will not have life in yourselves. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. 56 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live by the Father, so whoever eats Me will live by Me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the bread your fathers ate and died: whoever eats this bread will live forever.
Matthew 4:4
But He answered him, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’”
Matthew 6:11
Give us this day our daily bread;
Exodus 16:14–15
14 When the dew had evaporated, behold, on the surface of the wilderness there was something fine, like coriander seed, as fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat.”
Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, so that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every [word] that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord;
Matthew 26:26
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take, eat; this is My body.”
1 Corinthians 10:16–17
16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we, though many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread.
John 6:63
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.
Isaiah 55:2
Why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your labor for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in abundance.
John 6:68
Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.”
Matthew 14:19–21
19 He instructed the people to sit down on the grass. Then He took the five loaves and two fish, looked up to heaven, blessed them, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of the leftover pieces. 21 About five thousand men ate, besides women and children.
