John 6:43–71

⁴³Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. ⁴⁴No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me ^odraw him: and ^gI will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵It is written ^pin the prophets, ^qAnd they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and ^rhath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. ^46sNot that any man hath seen the Father, ^tsave he which is ^uof God, he hath seen the Father. ⁴⁷Verily, verily, I say unto you, ^xHe that believeth on me hath everlasting life. ^48yI am that bread of life. ^49zYour fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ⁵⁰This is the bread ^awhich cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and ^bnot die. ⁵¹I am ^cthe living bread ^dwhich came down from heaven: ^eif any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and ^fthe bread that I will give is my flesh, which ^gI will give for the life of the world. ^52hThe Jews therefore ⁱstrove among themselves, saying, ^kHow can this man give us his flesh to eat? ⁵³Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ^lye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and ^lmdrink his blood, ye have no life in you. ⁵⁴Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, ⁿhath eternal life; and ^oI will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, ^pdwelleth in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷As the living Father hath sent me, and ^qI live by the Father: so he that eateth me, ^reven he shall live by me. ⁵⁸This is ^sthat bread ^twhich came down from heaven: ^unot as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: ^ehe that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. ⁵⁹These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in ^xCapernaum.

^60yMany therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an ^zhard saying; ^awho can hear it? ⁶¹When Jesus ^bknew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, ^cDoth this offend you? ^62dWhat and if ye shall see the Son of man ^eascend up ^fwhere he was before? ^63gIt is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: ^hthe words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are ^hlife. ⁶⁴But ⁱthere are some of you that believe not. For Jesus ^bknew from the beginning ⁱwho they were that believed not, and ^kwho should betray him. ⁶⁵And he said, Therefore said I unto you, ^lthat no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

⁶⁶From that time ^mmany of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. ⁶⁷Then said Jesus unto ⁿthe twelve, Will ye also go away? ⁶⁸Then ^oSimon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast ^pthe words of eternal life. ^69oAnd we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, ^qthe Son of ^rthe living God. ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, Have not ^sI chosen you ⁿtwelve, and one of you is ^ta devil? ⁷¹He spake of Judas Iscariot ^uthe son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of ⁿthe twelve.