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32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me; 39 and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me. 46 Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread[a] which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”[b] 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you; 54 he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever.” 59 This he said in the synagogue, as he taught at Caper′na-um.

The Words of Eternal Life

60 Many of his disciples, when they heard it, said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”

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Footnotes

  1. 6.51 Jesus is the “living bread” both as Word of God (verses 32ff) and as sacrificial victim for the salvation of man.
  2. 6.52 A natural question to ask. Jesus answers, not by explaining it away, but by re-emphasizing the reality, though not, of course, in the crude sense implied in their question.

32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but (A)My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34 (B)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

35 And Jesus said to them, (C)“I am the bread of life. (D)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never (E)thirst. 36 (F)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet (G)do not believe. 37 (H)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and (I)the one who comes to Me I will [a]by no means cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, (J)not to do My own will, (K)but the will of Him who sent Me. 39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me, (L)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. 40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, (M)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Rejected by His Own

41 The Jews then [b]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” 42 And they said, (N)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

43 Jesus therefore answered and said to them, [c]“Do not murmur among yourselves. 44 (O)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me (P)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, (Q)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ (R)Therefore everyone who [d]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. 46 (S)Not that anyone has seen the Father, (T)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. 47 Most assuredly, I say to you, (U)he who believes [e]in Me has everlasting life. 48 (V)I am the bread of life. 49 (W)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 (X)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread (Y)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and (Z)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

52 The Jews therefore (AA)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless (AB)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 (AC)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh is [f]food indeed, and My blood is [g]drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood (AD)abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 (AE)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not (AF)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

60 (AG)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a [h]hard saying; who can understand it?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:37 certainly not
  2. John 6:41 grumbled
  3. John 6:43 Stop grumbling
  4. John 6:45 M hears and has learned
  5. John 6:47 NU omits in Me
  6. John 6:55 NU true food
  7. John 6:55 NU true drink
  8. John 6:60 difficult