John 6:48-63

48I am the Bread of Life [the Living Bread which gives and sustains life].

49Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50This is the Bread that comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.

51I am the Living Bread that came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior], he will live forever. And the Bread that I will give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).”

52Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

53And Jesus said to them, “I assure you and most solemnly say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you believe in Me as Savior and believe in the saving power of My blood which will be shed for you], you do not have life in yourselves.

54The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] has eternal life [that is, now possesses it], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.

55For My flesh is true [spiritual] food, and My blood is true [spiritual] drink.

56He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] remains in Me, and I [in the same way remain] in him.

57Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, even so the one who feeds on Me [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] will also live because of Me.

58This is the Bread which came down out of heaven. It is not like [the manna that] our fathers ate and they [eventually] died; the one who eats this Bread [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] will live forever.”

59He said these things in a synagogue while He was teaching in Capernaum.

60When many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This is a difficult and harsh and offensive statement. Who can [be expected to] listen to it?”

61But Jesus, aware that His disciples were complaining about it, asked them, “Does this cause you to stumble and take offense?

62What then [will you think] if you see the Son of Man ascending to [the realm] where He was before?

63It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh conveys no benefit [it is of no account]. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and life [providing eternal life].