²⁶ Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me,^(A) not because you saw the signs^(B) I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. ²⁷ Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures^(C) to eternal life,^(D) which the Son of Man^(E) will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal^(F) of approval.”

²⁸ Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

²⁹ Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe^(G) in the one he has sent.”^(H)

³⁰ So they asked him, “What sign^(I) then will you give that we may see it and believe you?^(J) What will you do? ³¹ Our ancestors ate the manna^(K) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’^[a]”^(L)

³² Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven^(M) and gives life to the world.”

³⁴ “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”^(N)

³⁵ Then Jesus declared, “I am^(O) the bread of life.^(P) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes^(Q) in me will never be thirsty.^(R)