John 6:31–51

³¹Our ancestors ate the manna^a in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’^c”^b

³²Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven^c and gives life to the world.”

³⁴“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”^d

³⁵Then Jesus declared, “I am^e the bread of life.^f Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes^g in me will never be thirsty.^{h 36}But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. ³⁷All those the Father gives meⁱ will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. ³⁸For I have come down from heaven^j not to do my will but to do the will^k of him who sent me.^{l 39}And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me,^m but raise them up at the last day.^{n 40}For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son^o and believes in him shall have eternal life,^p and I will raise them up at the last day.”

⁴¹At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴²They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph,^q whose father and mother we know?^r How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”^s

⁴³“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them,^t and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’^du Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^v only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.^{w 48}I am the bread of life.^{x 49}Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.^{y 50}But here is the bread that comes down from heaven,^z which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread^a that came down from heaven.^b Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”^c