³⁰ Therefore they said to Him, ^(A)“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? ^31 (B)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ^(C)‘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 ^(D)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 (E)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

³⁵ And Jesus said to them, ^(F)“I am the bread of life. ^(G)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never ^(H)thirst. ^36 (I)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet ^(J)do not believe. ^37 (K)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and ^(L)the one who comes to Me I will ^[a]by no means cast out. ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven, ^(M)not to do My own will, ^(N)but the will of Him who sent Me. ³⁹ This is the will of the Father who sent Me, ^(O)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ And this is the will of Him who sent Me, ^(P)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Rejected by His Own

⁴¹ The Jews then ^[b]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” ⁴² And they said, ^(Q)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

⁴³ Jesus therefore answered and said to them, ^[c]“Do not murmur among yourselves. ^44 (R)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(S)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ^(T)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ ^(U)Therefore everyone who ^[d]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. ^46 (V)Not that anyone has seen the Father, ^(W)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(X)he who believes ^[e]in Me has everlasting life. ^48 (Y)I am the bread of life. ^49 (Z)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ^50 (AA)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(AB)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(AC)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵⁹ These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

^60 (A)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a ^[a]hard saying; who can understand it?”

⁶¹ When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples ^[b]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this ^[c]offend you? ^62 (B)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? ^63 (C)It is the Spirit who gives life; the ^(D)flesh profits nothing. The ^(E)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ⁶⁴ But ^(F)there are some of you who do not believe.” For ^(G)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore ^(H)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

^66 (I)From that time many of His disciples went ^[d]back and walked with Him no more.