Bible Cross References
Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 4:4
But Jesus answered, "The scripture says, 'Human beings cannot live on bread alone, but need every word that God speaks.' "
Exodus 16:16-35
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The LORD has commanded that each of you is to gather as much of it as he needs, two quarts for each member of his household."
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The Israelites did this, some gathering more, others less.
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When they measured it, those who gathered much did not have too much, and those who gathered less did not have too little. Each had gathered just what he needed.
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Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it for tomorrow."
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But some of them did not listen to Moses and saved part of it. The next morning it was full of worms and smelled rotten, and Moses was angry with them.
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Every morning each one gathered as much as he needed; and when the sun grew hot, what was left on the ground melted.
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On the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, four quarts for each person. All the leaders of the community came and told Moses about it,
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and he said to them, "The LORD has commanded that tomorrow is a holy day of rest, dedicated to him. Bake today what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Whatever is left should be put aside and kept for tomorrow."
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As Moses had commanded, they kept what was left until the next day; it did not spoil or get worms in it.
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Moses said, "Eat this today, because today is the Sabbath, a day of rest dedicated to the LORD, and you will not find any food outside the camp.
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You must gather food for six days, but on the seventh day, the day of rest, there will be none."
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On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather food, but they did not find any.
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Then the LORD said to Moses, "How much longer will you people refuse to obey my commands?
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Remember that I, the LORD, have given you a day of rest, and that is why on the sixth day I will always give you enough food for two days. Everyone is to stay where he is on the seventh day and not leave his home."
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So the people did no work on the seventh day.
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The people of Israel called the food manna. It was like a small white seed, and tasted like thin cakes made with honey.
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Moses said, "The LORD has commanded us to save some manna, to be kept for our descendants, so that they can see the food which he gave us to eat in the desert when he brought us out of Egypt."
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Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar, put two quarts of manna in it, and place it in the LORD's presence to be kept for our descendants."
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As the LORD had commanded Moses, Aaron put it in front of the Covenant Box, so that it could be kept.
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The Israelites ate manna for the next forty years, until they reached the land of Canaan, where they settled.
Job 23:12
I always do what God commands; I follow his will, not my own desires.
Psalm 33:18
The LORD watches over those who obey him, those who trust in his constant love.
Psalm 33:19
He saves them from death; he keeps them alive in times of famine.
Psalm 34:10
Even lions go hungry for lack of food, but those who obey the LORD lack nothing good.
Proverbs 30:8
keep me from lying, and let me be neither rich nor poor. So give me only as much food as I need.
Isaiah 33:16
Then you will be safe; you will be as secure as if in a strong fortress. You will have food to eat and water to drink.
Luke 11:3
Give us day by day the food we need.
John 6:31-59
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Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, just as the scripture says, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.' "
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"I am telling you the truth," Jesus said. "What Moses gave you was not the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the real bread from heaven.
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For the bread that God gives is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."
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"Sir," they asked him, "give us this bread always."
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"I am the bread of life," Jesus told them. "Those who come to me will never be hungry; those who believe in me will never be thirsty.
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Now, I told you that you have seen me but will not believe.
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Everyone whom my Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me,
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because I have come down from heaven to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
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And it is the will of him who sent me that I should not lose any of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them all to life on the last day.
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For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."
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The people started grumbling about him, because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."
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So they said, "This man is Jesus son of Joseph, isn't he? We know his father and mother. How, then, does he now say he came down from heaven?"
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Jesus answered, "Stop grumbling among yourselves.
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People cannot come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me; and I will raise them to life on the last day.
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The prophets wrote, 'Everyone will be taught by God.' Anyone who hears the Father and learns from him comes to me.
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This does not mean that anyone has seen the Father; he who is from God is the only one who has seen the Father.
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I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life.
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I am the bread of life.
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Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, but they died.
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But the bread that comes down from heaven is of such a kind that whoever eats it will not die.
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I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If you eat this bread, you will live forever. The bread that I will give you is my flesh, which I give so that the world may live."
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This started an angry argument among them. "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they asked.
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Jesus said to them, "I am telling you the truth: if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will not have life in yourselves.
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Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them to life on the last day.
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For my flesh is the real food; my blood is the real drink.
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Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.
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The living Father sent me, and because of him I live also. In the same way whoever eats me will live because of me.
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This, then, is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread that your ancestors ate, but then later died. Those who eat this bread will live forever."
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Jesus said this as he taught in the synagogue in Capernaum.
2 Thessalonians 3:12
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we command these people and warn them to lead orderly lives and work to earn their own living.
1 Timothy 6:8
So then, if we have food and clothes, that should be enough for us.