¹¹ The Lord said to Moses, ¹² “I have heard the grumbling^(A) of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God.’”^(B)

¹³ That evening quail^(C) came and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew^(D) around the camp. ¹⁴ When the dew was gone, thin flakes like frost^(E) on the ground appeared on the desert floor. ¹⁵ When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know^(F) what it was.

Moses said to them, “It is the bread^(G) the Lord has given you to eat. ¹⁶ This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer^[a](H) for each person you have in your tent.’”

³¹ The people of Israel called the bread manna.^[a](A) It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

³¹ Our ancestors ate the manna^(A) in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’^[a]”^(B)

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^(C) and gives life to the world.”

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

³⁵ Then Jesus declared, “I am^(E) the bread of life.^(F) Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes^(G) in me will never be thirsty.^(H)