^58 (A)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(B)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

⁴⁷ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(A)he who believes ^[a]in Me has everlasting life. ^48 (B)I am the bread of life. ^49 (C)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ^50 (D)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(E)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(F)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

Rejected by His Own

⁴¹ The Jews then ^[a]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”

^31 (A)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ^(B)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

³² Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but ^(C)My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

^34 (D)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

^36 (A)He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the ^(B)wrath of God abides on him.”