John 6:35-48

35Jesus told them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never become hungry, and whoever believes in me will never become thirsty.

36I’ve told you that you have seen me. However, you don’t believe in me.

37Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me.

38I haven’t come from heaven to do what I want to do. I’ve come to do what the one who sent me wants me to do.

39The one who sent me doesn’t want me to lose any of those he gave me. He wants me to bring them back to life on the last day.

40My Father wants all those who see the Son and believe in him to have eternal life. He wants me to bring them back to life on the last day.”

41The Jews began to criticize Jesus for saying, “I am the bread that came from heaven.”

42They asked, “Isn’t this man Jesus, Joseph’s son? Don’t we know his father and mother? How can he say now, ‘I came from heaven’?”

43Jesus responded, “Stop criticizing me!

44People cannot come to me unless the Father who sent me brings them to me. I will bring these people back to life on the last day.

45The prophets wrote, ‘God will teach everyone.’ Those who do what they have learned from the Father come to me.

46I’m saying that no one has seen the Father. Only the one who is from God has seen the Father.

47I can guarantee this truth: Every believer has eternal life.

48“I am the bread of life.