³¹ The one who comes from above^(A) is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth.^(B) The one who comes from heaven is above all.

²³ But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.^(A)

¹⁸ Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.^(A)

⁵ Theirs are the patriarchs,^(A) and from them is traced the human ancestry of the Messiah,^(B) who is God over all,^(C) forever praised!^[a](D) Amen.

³³ For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven^(A) and gives life to the world.”

¹² I have spoken to you of earthly things and you do not believe; how then will you believe if I speak of heavenly things? ¹³ No one has ever gone into heaven^(A) except the one who came from heaven^(B)—the Son of Man.^[a](C)

⁵ They are from the world^(A) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

⁵¹ I am the living bread^(A) that came down from heaven.^(B) Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^(C)