John 6:45-71

New King James Version

⁴⁵ It is written in the prophets, ^(A)‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ ^(B)Therefore everyone who ^[a]has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. ^46 (C)Not that anyone has seen the Father, ^(D)except He who is from God; He has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Most assuredly, I say to you, ^(E)he who believes ^[b]in Me has everlasting life. ^48 (F)I am the bread of life. ^49 (G)Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ^50 (H)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(I)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(J)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

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

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

⁵⁹ These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Turn Away

^60 (Q)Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a ^[e]hard saying; who can understand it?”

⁶¹ When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples ^[f]complained about this, He said to them, “Does this ^[g]offend you? ^62 (R)What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? ^63 (S)It is the Spirit who gives life; the ^(T)flesh profits nothing. The ^(U)words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. ⁶⁴ But ^(V)there are some of you who do not believe.” For ^(W)Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. ⁶⁵ And He said, “Therefore ^(X)I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.”

^66 (Y)From that time many of His disciples went ^[h]back and walked with Him no more. ⁶⁷ Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”

⁶⁸ But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(Z)the words of eternal life. ^69 (AA)Also we have come to believe and know that You are the ^[i]Christ, the Son of the living God.”

⁷⁰ Jesus answered them, ^(AB)“Did I not choose you, the twelve, ^(AC)and one of you is a devil?” ⁷¹ He spoke of ^(AD)Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would ^(AE)betray Him, being one of the twelve.