John 6:41-71

New American Standard Bible

Words to the Jews

⁴¹^(A)So then the Jews were complaining about Him because He said, “I am the bread that ^(B)came down out of heaven.” ⁴²And they were saying, “^(C)Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ^(D)we know? How does He now say, ‘^(E)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 ^(F)draws him; and I will ^(G)raise him up on the last day. ⁴⁵It is written ^(H)in the Prophets: ‘^(I)And they shall all be ^(J)taught of God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. ⁴⁶^(K)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 ^(L)has eternal life. ⁴⁸^(M)I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹^(N)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. ⁵⁰This is the bread that ^(O)comes down out of heaven, so that anyone may eat from it and ^(P)not die. ⁵¹^(Q)I am the living bread that ^(R)came down out of heaven; if anyone eats from this bread, ^(S)he will live forever; and the bread which I will give ^(T)for the life of the world also is ^(U)My flesh.”

⁵²^(V)Then the Jews ^(W)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 ^(X)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 ^(Y)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 ^(Z)remains in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷Just as the ^(AA)living Father ^(AB)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 ^(AC)came down out of heaven, not as ^(AD)the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread ^(AE)will live forever.”

Words to the Disciples

⁵⁹These things He said ^(AF)in the synagogue as He taught ^(AG)in Capernaum.

⁶⁰So then many of His ^(AH)disciples, when they heard this, said, “^(AI)This statement is very ^[a]unpleasant; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹But Jesus, ^(AJ)aware that His disciples were complaining about this, said to them, “Is this ^[b]^(AK)offensive to you? ⁶²What then if you see ^(AL)the Son of Man ^(AM)ascending to where He was before? ⁶³^(AN)It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh provides no benefit; ^(AO)the words that I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life. ⁶⁴But there are ^(AP)some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus ^(AQ)knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ^(AR)who it was who would ^[c]betray Him. ⁶⁵And He was saying, “For this reason I have ^(AS)told you that no one can come to Me unless ^(AT)it has been granted him from the Father.”

Peter’s Confession of Faith

⁶⁶As a result of this many of His ^(AU)disciples ^(AV)left, and would no longer walk with Him. ⁶⁷So Jesus said to ^(AW)the twelve, “You do not want to leave also, do you?” ⁶⁸^(AX)Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(AY)words of eternal life. ⁶⁹And we have already believed and have come to know that You are ^(AZ)the Holy One of God.” ⁷⁰Jesus answered them, “^(BA)Did I Myself not choose you, ^(BB)the twelve? And yet one of you is ^(BC)a devil.” ⁷¹Now He meant Judas ^(BD)the son of Simon Iscariot; for he, ^(BE)one of ^(BF)the twelve, ^[d]was going to betray Him.