²⁹ Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, ^(A)that you believe in him whom ^(B)he has sent.” ³⁰ So they said to him, ^(C)“Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? ^31 (D)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ^(E)‘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 ^(F)he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴ They said to him, ^(G)“Sir, give us this bread always.”

³⁵ Jesus said to them, ^(H)“I am the bread of life; ^(I)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.

⁴⁷ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(A)whoever believes has eternal life. ^48 (B)I am the bread of life. ^49 (C)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and ^(D)they died. ^50 (E)This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it ^(F)and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(G)that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give ^(H)for the life of the world is ^(I)my flesh.”

⁵² The Jews then ^(J)disputed among themselves, saying, ^(K)“How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” ⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(L)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^(M)have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(N)has eternal life, and ^(O)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 ^(P)abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As ^(Q)the living Father ^(R)sent me, and ^(S)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. ^58 (T)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.”