³³ Moses said to Aaron, “^(A)Take a jar and put an omerful of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations.”

^49 (A)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰ This is the bread which ^(B)comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and ^(C)not die. ^51 (D)I am the living bread that ^(E)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ^(F)he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give ^(G)for the life of the world is ^(H)My flesh.”

^52 (I)Then the Jews ^(J)began to argue with one another, saying, “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 ^(K)the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ^(L)raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(M)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the ^(N)living Father ^(O)sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread which ^(P)came down out of heaven; not as ^(Q)the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ^(R)will live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

⁵⁹ These things He said ^(S)in the synagogue as He taught ^(T)in Capernaum.

⁶⁰ Therefore many of His ^(U)disciples, when they heard this said, “^(V)This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(W)conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, “Does this ^(X)cause you to stumble? ⁶² What then if you see ^(Y)the Son of Man ^(Z)ascending to where He was before? ^63 (AA)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ^(AB)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. ⁶⁴ But there are ^(AC)some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus ^(AD)knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ^(AE)who it was that would ^[a]betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He was saying, “For this reason I have ^(AF)said to you, that no one can come to Me unless ^(AG)it has been granted him from the Father.”

Peter’s Confession of Faith

⁶⁶ As a result of this many of His ^(AH)disciples ^(AI)withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(AJ)the twelve, “You do not want to go away also, do you?” ^68 (AK)Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(AL)words of eternal life. ⁶⁹ We have believed and have come to know that You are ^(AM)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, “^(AN)Did I Myself not choose you, ^(AO)the twelve, and yet one of you is ^(AP)a devil?” ⁷¹ Now He meant Judas ^(AQ)the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, ^(AR)one of ^(AS)the twelve, ^[b]was going to betray Him.