John 6:53-63
English Standard Version
53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of (A)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you (B)have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood (C)has eternal life, and (D)I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood (E)abides in me, and I in him. 57 As (F)the living Father (G)sent me, and (H)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 (I)This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread[a] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus[b] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught (J)at Capernaum.
The Words of Eternal Life
60 (K)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, (L)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see (M)the Son of Man (N)ascending to (O)where he was before? 63 (P)It is the Spirit who gives life; (Q)the flesh is no help at all. (R)The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
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