John 6:31–51

³¹Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”^{* 32}Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³For the bread of God is that which^e comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”^{* 34}They said to him, “Sir,^f give us this bread always.”^*

³⁵Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.^{* 36}But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.^{* 37}Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away,^{* 38}for I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.^{* 39}And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me but raise it up on the last day.^{* 40}This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.”^*

⁴¹Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴²They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”^{* 43}Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. ⁴⁴No one can come to me unless drawn by the Father who sent me, and I will raise that person up on the last day.^{* 45}It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.^{* 46}Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father.^{* 47}Very truly, I tell you, whoever believes has eternal life.^{* 48}I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever, and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”^*