John 6:25-59
25And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “aRabbi, when did You come here?”
I Am the Bread of Life
26Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you aseek Me, not because you saw bsigns, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. 27“Do not awork for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to beternal life, which cthe Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, dset His seal.” 28Therefore they said to Him, “What should we do, so that we may work the works of God?” 29Jesus answered and said to them, “This is athe work of God, that you believe in Him whom He bhas sent.” 30So they said to Him, “aWhat then do You do for a bsign so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform? 31“aOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘bHe gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33“For the bread of God is 1that which acomes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34Then they said to Him, “Lord, always agive us this bread.”
35Jesus said to them, “aI am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger, and he who believes in Me bwill never thirst. 36“But aI said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. 37“aAll that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never cast out. 38“For aI have come down from heaven, bnot to do My own will, but cthe will of Him who dsent Me. 39“Now this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of aall that He has given Me I blose nothing, but craise it up on the last day. 40“For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who asees the Son and bbelieves in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will craise him up on the last day.”
Words to the Jews
41aTherefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that bcame down from heaven.” 42They were saying, “aIs not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother bwe know? How does He now say, ‘cI have come down from heaven’?” 43Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop grumbling among yourselves. 44“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me adraws him; and I will braise him up on the last day. 45“It is written ain the prophets, ‘bAnd they shall all be ctaught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46“aNot that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47“Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes ahas eternal life. 48“aI am the bread of life. 49“aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50“This is the bread which acomes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and bnot die. 51“aI am the living bread that bcame down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, che will live forever; and also the bread which I will give dfor the life of the world is eMy flesh.”
52aThen the Jews bbegan to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” 53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of athe Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. 54“He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will araise him up on the last day. 55“For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. 56“He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood aabides in Me, and I in him. 57“As the aliving Father bsent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. 58“This is the bread which acame down out of heaven, not as bthe fathers ate and died. He who eats this bread cwill live forever.”