¹² And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, “Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.” ¹³ So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten. ¹⁴ When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, ^(A)“This is indeed ^(B)the Prophet ^(C)who is to come into the world!”

^15 (D)Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus ^(E)withdrew again to ^(F)the mountain by himself.

⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(A)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^(B)have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(C)has eternal life, and ^(D)I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(E)abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As ^(F)the living Father ^(G)sent me, and ^(H)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. ^58 (I)This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread^[a] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” ⁵⁹ Jesus^[b] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught ^(J)at Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

^60 (K)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(L)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? ⁶² Then what if you were to see ^(M)the Son of Man ^(N)ascending to ^(O)where he was before? ^63 (P)It is the Spirit who gives life; ^(Q)the flesh is no help at all. ^(R)The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴ But ^(S)there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus ^(T)knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and ^(U)who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵ And he said, “This is why I told you ^(V)that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

^66 (W)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

Jesus at the Feast of Booths

7 After this Jesus went about in Galilee. He would not go about in Judea, because ^(A)the Jews^[a] were seeking to kill him. ² Now ^(B)the Jews' Feast of ^(C)Booths was at hand. ^3 (D)So his brothers^[b] said to him, “Leave here and go to Judea, that your disciples also may see the works you are doing. ⁴ For no one works in secret if he seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, ^(E)show yourself to the world.” ^5 (F)For not even ^(G)his brothers believed in him.