John 6:45-71

English Standard Version

⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets, ^(A)‘And they will all be ^(B)taught by God.’ ^(C)Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— ^46 (D)not that anyone has seen the Father except ^(E)he who is from God; he ^(F)has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Truly, truly, I say to you, ^(G)whoever believes has eternal life. ^48 (H)I am the bread of life. ^49 (I)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and ^(J)they died. ^50 (K)This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it ^(L)and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(M)that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give ^(N)for the life of the world is ^(O)my flesh.”

⁵² The Jews then ^(P)disputed among themselves, saying, ^(Q)“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 ^(R)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^(S)have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(T)has eternal life, and ^(U)I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(V)abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As ^(W)the living Father ^(X)sent me, and ^(Y)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. ^58 (Z)This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread^[a] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” ⁵⁹ Jesus^[b] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught ^(AA)at Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

^60 (AB)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(AC)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? ⁶² Then what if you were to see ^(AD)the Son of Man ^(AE)ascending to ^(AF)where he was before? ^63 (AG)It is the Spirit who gives life; ^(AH)the flesh is no help at all. ^(AI)The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴ But ^(AJ)there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus ^(AK)knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and ^(AL)who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵ And he said, “This is why I told you ^(AM)that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

^66 (AN)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(AO)the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(AP)the words of eternal life, ⁶⁹ and ^(AQ)we have believed, and have come to know, that ^(AR)you are ^(AS)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, ^(AT)“Did I not choose you, ^(AU)the twelve? And yet one of you is ^(AV)a devil.” ⁷¹ He spoke of Judas ^(AW)the son of Simon Iscariot, for ^(AX)he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.