John 6:33-63

33The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34“Sir,” they said, “give us that bread every day.”

35Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

36But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me.

37However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.

38For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.

39And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.

40For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”

41Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

42They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”

43But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said.

44For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up.

45As it is written in the Scriptures, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.

46(Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)

47“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life.

48Yes, I am the bread of life!

49Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died.

50Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die.

51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”

52Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.

53So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you.

54But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day.

55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

56Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

57I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.

58I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”

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

60Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”

61Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you?

62Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again?

63The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.