42. They were asking each other, “Isn't he Jesus, the son of Joseph? Don't we know his father and mother? How can he say that he has come down from heaven?”
43. Jesus told them:Stop grumbling!
44. No one can come to me, unless the Father who sent me makes them want to come. But if they do come, I will raise them to life on the last day.
45. One of the prophets wrote, “God will teach all of them.” And so everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him will come to me.
46. The only one who has seen the Father is the one who has come from him. No one else has ever seen the Father.
47. I tell you for certain that everyone who has faith in me has eternal life.
48. I am the bread that gives life!
49. Your ancestors ate manna in the desert, and later they died.
50. But the bread from heaven has come down, so that no one who eats it will ever die.
51. I am that bread from heaven! Everyone who eats it will live for ever. My flesh is the life-giving bread that I give to the people of this world.
52. They started arguing with each other and asked, “How can he give us his flesh to eat?”
53. Jesus answered:I tell you for certain that you won't live unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man.
54. But if you do eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will have eternal life, and I will raise you to life on the last day.