These scriptures help us understand the illustration [
Mat 13:10-15] Jesus's used when he commanded us to eat his flesh and drink his blood. It is not taking a cracker and wine from some elevated [in the eyes of humans] religious official. We eat the body and drink the blood of Christ by simply listening to him and taking to heart his teachings. In the same way his Father's directions give him life, Jesus's words become food in us to sustain our life forever.