⁸ The people went about and gathered it, ground it on millstones or beat it in the mortar, cooked it in pans, and made cakes of it; and ^(A)its taste was like the taste of pastry prepared with oil.

³¹ And the house of Israel called its name ^[a]Manna. And ^(A)it was like white coriander seed, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

¹⁶ This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: ‘Let every man gather it ^(A)according to each one’s need, one ^(B)omer for each person, according to the number of persons; let every man take for those who are in his tent.’ ”

¹⁷ Then the children of Israel did so and gathered, some more, some less. ¹⁸ So when they measured it by omers, ^(C)he who gathered much had nothing left over, and he who gathered little had no lack. Every man had gathered according to each one’s need.

³³ For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

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

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

⁵² The Jews therefore ^(Z)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 ^(AA)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ^54 (AB)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 ^(AC)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 (AD)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(AE)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

^27 (A)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but ^(B)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, ^(C)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

²³ Then he said to them, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Tomorrow is ^(A)a Sabbath rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Bake what you will bake today, and boil what you will boil; and lay up for yourselves all that remains, to be kept until morning.’ ”