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31 Our ancestors[a] ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”[b]

32 Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth,[c] it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the one who[d] comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

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Footnotes

  1. John 6:31 tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”
  2. John 6:31 sn A quotation from Ps 78:24 (referring to the events of Exod 16:4-36).
  3. John 6:32 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
  4. John 6:33 tn Or “he who.”