John 6:31–51

^31tOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ^u‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” ³²Jesus 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. ³³For the bread of God is ^vhe who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴They said to him, ^w“Sir, give us this bread always.”

³⁵Jesus said to them, ^x“I am the bread of life; ^ywhoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. ³⁶But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. ^37zAll that ^athe Father gives me will come to me, and ^bwhoever comes to me I will never cast out. ³⁸For ^cI have come down from heaven, not to do ^dmy own will but ^dthe will of him ^ewho sent me. ³⁹And ^fthis is the will of him who sent me, ^gthat I should lose nothing of ^hall that he has given me, but ⁱraise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who ^jlooks on the Son and ^kbelieves in him ^lshould have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

⁴¹So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, ^m“I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴²They said, ⁿ“Is not this Jesus, ^othe son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^pwe know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” ⁴³Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. ⁴⁴No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me ^qdraws him. And ^rI will raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets, ^s‘And they will all be ^ttaught by God.’ ^uEveryone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— ^46vnot that anyone has seen the Father except ^whe who is from God; he ^xhas seen the Father. ⁴⁷Truly, truly, I say to you, ^ywhoever believes has eternal life. ^48zI am the bread of life. ^49aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and ^bthey died. ^50cThis is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it ^dand not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread ^ethat came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give ^ffor the life of the world is ^gmy flesh.”