John 6:41-59

New King James Version

Rejected by His Own

⁴¹The Jews then ^[a]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.” ⁴²And they said, ^(A)“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’?”

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

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

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