John 6:26-71

New American Standard Bible

Words to the People

²⁶Jesus answered them and said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you ^(A)seek Me, not because you saw ^[a]^(B)signs, but because you ate some of the loaves and were filled. ²⁷Do not ^(C)work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for ^(D)eternal life, which ^(E)the Son of Man will give you, for on Him the Father, God, ^(F)has set His ^[b]seal.” ²⁸Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?” ²⁹Jesus answered and said to them, “This is ^(G)the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He ^(H)has sent.” ³⁰So they said to Him, “^(I)What then are You doing as a ^(J)sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work are You performing? ³¹^(K)Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘^(L)He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’” ³²Jesus 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. ³³For the bread of God is ^[c]that which ^(M)comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.” ³⁴Then they said to Him, “Lord, always ^(N)give us this bread.”

³⁵Jesus said to them, “^(O)I am the bread of life; the one who comes to Me will not be hungry, and the one who believes in Me ^(P)will never be thirsty. ³⁶But ^(Q)I said to you that you have indeed seen Me, and yet you do not believe. ³⁷^(R)Everything that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I certainly will not cast out. ³⁸For ^(S)I have come down from heaven, ^(T)not to do My own will, but ^(U)the will of Him who ^(V)sent Me. ³⁹And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of ^(W)everything that He has given Me I will ^(X)lose nothing, but will ^(Y)raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who ^(Z)sees the Son and ^(AA)believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will ^(AB)raise him up on the last day.”

Words to the Jews

⁴¹^(AC)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that ^(AD)came down out of heaven.” ⁴²And they were saying, “^(AE)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(AF)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(AG)I have come down out of heaven’?” ⁴³Jesus answered and said to them, “Stop complaining among yourselves. ⁴⁴No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me ^(AH)draws him; and I will ^(AI)raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵It is written ^(AJ)in the Prophets: ‘^(AK)And they shall all be ^(AL)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. ⁴⁶^(AM)Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who believes ^(AN)has eternal life. ⁴⁸^(AO)I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹^(AP)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰This is the bread that ^(AQ)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and ^(AR)not die. ⁵¹^(AS)I am the living bread that ^(AT)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, ^(AU)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give ^(AV)for the life of the world also is ^(AW)My flesh.”

⁵²^(AX)Then the Jews ^(AY)began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” ⁵³So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(AZ)the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. ⁵⁴The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ^(BA)raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. ⁵⁶The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(BB)remains in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷Just as the ^(BC)living Father ^(BD)sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. ⁵⁸This is the bread that ^(BE)came down out of heaven, not as ^(BF)the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread ^(BG)will live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

⁵⁹These things He said ^(BH)in the synagogue as He taught ^(BI)in Capernaum.

⁶⁰So then many of His ^(BJ)disciples, when they heard this, said, “^(BK)This statement is very ^[d]unpleasant; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹But Jesus, ^(BL)aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, “Is this ^[e]^(BM)offensive to you? ⁶²What then if you see ^(BN)the Son of Man ^(BO)ascending to where He was before? ⁶³^(BP)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; ^(BQ)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. ⁶⁴But there are ^(BR)some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus ^(BS)knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ^(BT)who it was who would ^[f]betray Him. ⁶⁵And He was saying, “For this reason I have ^(BU)told you that no one can come to Me unless ^(BV)it has been granted him from the Father.”

Peter’s Confession of Faith

⁶⁶As a result of this many of His ^(BW)disciples ^(BX)left, and would no longer walk with Him. ⁶⁷So Jesus said to ^(BY)the twelve, “You do not want to leave also, do you?” ⁶⁸^(BZ)Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(CA)words of eternal life. ⁶⁹And we have already believed and have come to know that You are ^(CB)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, “^(CC)Did I Myself not choose you, ^(CD)the twelve? And yet one of you is ^(CE)a devil.” ⁷¹Now He meant Judas ^(CF)the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, ^(CG)one of ^(CH)the twelve, ^[g]was going to betray Him.