28 Therefore they said to Him, “What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?”

29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is athe work of God, that you believe in Him whom He bhas sent.”

30 So they said to Him, “aWhat then do You do for a bsign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?

31 “aOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘bHe gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’ ”

32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.

33 “For the bread of God is 1that which acomes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, always agive us this bread.”

35 Jesus said to them, “aI am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me bwill never thirst.

36 “But aI said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.

37 “aAll that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.

38 “For aI have come down from heaven, bnot to do My own will, but cthe will of Him who dsent Me.

39 “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of aall that He has given Me I blose nothing, but craise it up on the last day.

40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who abeholds the Son and bbelieves in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will craise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

41 aTherefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that bcame down out of heaven.”

42 They were saying, “aIs not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother bwe know? How does He now say, ‘cI have come down out of heaven’?”

43 Jesus answered and said to them, “Do not grumble among yourselves.

44 “No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me adraws him; and I will braise him up on the last day.

45 “It is written ain the prophets, ‘bAnd they shall all be ctaught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 “aNot that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

47 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes ahas eternal life.

48 “aI am the bread of life.

49 “aYour fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 “This is the bread which acomes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and bnot die.

51 “aI am the living bread that bcame down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, che will live forever; and the bread also which I will give dfor the life of the world is eMy flesh.”

52 aThen the Jews bbegan to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”

53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of athe Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

54 “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will araise him up on the last day.

55 “For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

56 “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood aabides in Me, and I in him.

57 “As the aliving Father bsent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

58 “This is the bread which acame down out of heaven; not as bthe fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread cwill live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said ain the synagogue as He taught bin Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His adisciples, when they heard this said, “bThis is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?”

61 But Jesus, aconscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this bcause you to stumble?

62 “What then if you see athe Son of Man bascending to where He was before?

63 “aIt is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; bthe words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

64 “But there are asome of you who do not believe.” For Jesus bknew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and cwho it was that would 1betray Him.

65 And He was saying, “For this reason I have asaid to you, that no one can come to Me unless bit has been granted him from the Father.”

Peter’s Confession of Faith

66 As a result of this many of His adisciples bwithdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.

67 So Jesus said to athe twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?”

68 aSimon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have bwords of eternal life.

69 “We have believed and have come to know that You are athe Holy One of God.”

70 Jesus answered them, “aDid I Myself not choose you, bthe twelve, and yet one of you is ca devil?”

71 Now He meant Judas athe son of Simon Iscariot, for he, bone of cthe twelve, 1was going to betray Him.