^24 (A)So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and ^(B)went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

²⁵ When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, ^(C)“Rabbi, when did you come here?” ²⁶ Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(D)you are seeking me, not because you saw ^(E)signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. ^27 (F)Do not work for the food that perishes, but for ^(G)the food that endures to eternal life, which ^(H)the Son of Man will give to you. For on ^(I)him God the Father has ^(J)set his seal.” ²⁸ Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing ^(K)the works of God?” ²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, ^(L)that you believe in him whom ^(M)he has sent.” ³⁰ So they said to him, ^(N)“Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? ^31 (O)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ^(P)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” ³² Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is ^(Q)he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴ They said to him, ^(R)“Sir, give us this bread always.”

³⁵ Jesus said to them, ^(S)“I am the bread of life; ^(T)whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. ³⁶ But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. ^37 (U)All that ^(V)the Father gives me will come to me, and ^(W)whoever comes to me I will never cast out. ³⁸ For ^(X)I have come down from heaven, not to do ^(Y)my own will but ^(Z)the will of him ^(AA)who sent me. ³⁹ And ^(AB)this is the will of him who sent me, ^(AC)that I should lose nothing of ^(AD)all that he has given me, but ^(AE)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰ For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who ^(AF)looks on the Son and ^(AG)believes in him ^(AH)should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

The Words of Eternal Life

^60 (A)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(B)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 ^(C)the Son of Man ^(D)ascending to ^(E)where he was before? ^63 (F)It is the Spirit who gives life; ^(G)the flesh is no help at all. ^(H)The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴ But ^(I)there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus ^(J)knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and ^(K)who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵ And he said, “This is why I told you ^(L)that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

^66 (M)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(N)the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(O)the words of eternal life, ⁶⁹ and ^(P)we have believed, and have come to know, that ^(Q)you are ^(R)the Holy One of God.”