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John 6:53

NETBible	Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth,¹ unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,² you have no life³ in yourselves.
NIV © biblegateway Joh 6:53	Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 6:53	So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
NLT © biblegateway Joh 6:53	So Jesus said again, "I assure you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you.
MSG © biblegateway Joh 6:53	But Jesus didn't give an inch. "Only insofar as you eat and drink flesh and blood, the flesh and blood of the Son of Man, do you have life within you.
BBE © SABDAweb Joh 6:53	Then Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, If you do not take the flesh of the Son of man for food, and if you do not take his blood for drink, you have no life in you.
NRSV © bibleoremus Joh 6:53	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.
NKJV © biblegateway Joh 6:53	Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.
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KJV	Then <3767> Jesus <2424> said <2036> (5627) unto them <846>_, Verily <281>_, verily <281>_, I say <3004> (5719) unto you <5213>_, Except <3362> ye eat <5315> (5632) the flesh <4561> of the Son <5207> of man <444>_, and <2532> drink <4095> (5632) his <846> blood <129>_, ye have <2192> (5719) no <3756> life <2222> in <1722> you <1438>_.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 6:53	So <3767> Jesus <2424> said <3004> to them, "Truly <281> , truly <281> , I say <3004> to you, unless <1437> <3361> you eat <2068> the flesh <4561> of the Son <5207> of Man <444> and drink <4095> His blood <129> , you have <2192> no <3756> life <2222> in yourselves <1438> .
NET [draft] ITL	Jesus <2424> said <2036> to them <846> , “I tell <3004> you <5213> the solemn truth <281> <281> , unless <1437> <3361> you eat <5315> the flesh <4561> of the Son <5207> of Man <444> and <2532> drink <4095> his <846> blood <129> , you have <2192> no <3756> life <2222> in <1722> yourselves <1438> .
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NETBible

Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth,¹ unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,² you have no life³ in yourselves.

NET Notes

¹tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

²sn Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood. These words are at the heart of the discourse on the Bread of Life, and have created great misunderstanding among interpreters. Anyone who is inclined toward a sacramental viewpoint will almost certainly want to take these words as a reference to the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, or the Eucharist, because of the reference to eating and drinking. But this does not automatically follow: By anyone’s definition there must be a symbolic element to the eating which Jesus speaks of in the discourse, and once this is admitted, it is better to understand it here, as in the previous references in the passage, to a personal receiving of (or appropriation of) Christ and his work.

³tn That is, “no eternal life” (as opposed to physical life).