John 6:48–58

⁴⁸“I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert and died. ⁵⁰This is the bread that comes from heaven so that whoever eats it won’t die. ⁵¹I am the living bread that came from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread I will give to bring life to the world is my flesh.” 

⁵²The Jews began to quarrel with each other. They said, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 

⁵³Jesus told them, “I can guarantee this truth: If you don’t eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have the source of life in you. ⁵⁴Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will bring them back to life on the last day. ⁵⁵My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them. ⁵⁷The Father who has life sent me, and I live because of the Father. So those who feed on me will live because of me. ⁵⁸This is the bread that came from heaven. It is not like the bread your ancestors ate. They eventually died. Those who eat this bread will live forever.”