⁴ But He answered and said, “It is written, ^(A)‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”

³ So He humbled you, ^(A)allowed you to hunger, and ^(B)fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall ^(C)not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

⁴ But Jesus answered him, saying, “It is written, ^(A)‘Man shall not live by bread alone, ^[a]but by every word of God.’ ”

^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.”

³⁵ And Jesus said to them, ^(E)“I am the bread of life. ^(F)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never ^(G)thirst. ^36 (H)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet ^(I)do not believe. ^37 (J)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and ^(K)the one who comes to Me I will ^[a]by no means cast out. ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven, ^(L)not to do My own will, ^(M)but the will of Him who sent Me. ³⁹ This is the will of the Father who sent Me, ^(N)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, ^(O)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, ^(P)“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 (Q)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(R)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ^(S)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ ^(T)Therefore everyone who ^[d]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. ^46 (U)Not that anyone has seen the Father, ^(V)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(W)he who believes ^[e]in Me has everlasting life. ^48 (X)I am the bread of life. ^49 (Y)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ^50 (Z)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(AA)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(AB)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵² The Jews therefore ^(AC)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ^(AD)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ^54 (AE)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is ^[f]food indeed, and My blood is ^[g]drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(AF)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. ^58 (AG)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(AH)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

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

^63 (A)It is the Spirit who gives life; the ^(B)flesh profits nothing. The ^(C)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life.