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

³⁵ Then Jesus declared, “I am^(B) the bread of life.^(C) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes^(D) in me will never be thirsty.^{(E) 36} But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. ³⁷ All those the Father gives me^(F) will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven^(G) not to do my will but to do the will^(H) of him who sent me.^{(I) 39} And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,^(J) but raise them up at the last day.^{(K) 40} For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son^(L) and believes in him shall have eternal life,^(M) and I will raise them up at the last day.”

⁴¹ At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴² They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,^(N) whose father and mother we know?^(O) How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”^(P)

⁴³ “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴ “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,^(Q) and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^[a](R) Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶ No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^(S) only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.^{(T) 48} I am the bread of life.^{(U) 49} Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.^{(V) 50} But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,^(W) which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread^(X) that came down from heaven.^(Y) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^(Z)