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John 6:57
As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, he also who eats me shall live also on account of me.
John 6:57 · Darby Bible
John 6:57 in other translations
As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will also live because of me.
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In context
54 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:
55 for my flesh is truly food and my blood is truly drink.
56 He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood dwells in me and I in him.
57 As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, he also who eats me shall live also on account of me.
58 This is the bread which has come down out of heaven. Not as the fathers ate and died: he that eats this bread shall live for ever.
59 These things he said in [the] synagogue, teaching in Capernaum.
60 Many therefore of his disciples having heard [it] said, This word is hard; who can hear it?
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