John 6:26-58

New King James Version

²⁶ Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. ^27 (A)Do not labor for the food which perishes, but ^(B)for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, ^(C)because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

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

²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, ^(D)“This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

³⁰ Therefore they said to Him, ^(E)“What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do? ^31 (F)Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ^(G)‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

³² Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but ^(H)My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. ³³ For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

^34 (I)Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

³⁵ And Jesus said to them, ^(J)“I am the bread of life. ^(K)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never ^(L)thirst. ^36 (M)But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet ^(N)do not believe. ^37 (O)All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and ^(P)the one who comes to Me I will ^[a]by no means cast out. ³⁸ For I have come down from heaven, ^(Q)not to do My own will, ^(R)but the will of Him who sent Me. ³⁹ This is the will of the Father who sent Me, ^(S)that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day. ⁴⁰ And this is the will of Him who sent Me, ^(T)that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”

Rejected by His Own

⁴¹ The Jews then ^[b]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” ⁴² And they said, ^(U)“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that He says, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

⁴³ Jesus therefore answered and said to them, ^[c]“Do not murmur among yourselves. ^44 (V)No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(W)draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ^(X)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ ^(Y)Therefore everyone who ^[d]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. ^46 (Z)Not that anyone has seen the Father, ^(AA)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(AB)he who believes ^[e]in Me has everlasting life. ^48 (AC)I am the bread of life. ^49 (AD)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ^50 (AE)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(AF)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(AG)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵² The Jews therefore ^(AH)quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ^(AI)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ^54 (AJ)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is ^[f]food indeed, and My blood is ^[g]drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(AK)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. ^58 (AL)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(AM)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”