John 6:48-63

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.