Holman Christian Standard Bible

John 6:57-63 Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

57. Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

58. This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the manna your fathers ate — and they died. The one who eats this bread will live forever.”

59. He said these things while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

60. Therefore, when many of His disciples heard this, they said, “This teaching is hard! Who can accept it? ”

61. Jesus, knowing in Himself that His disciples were complaining about this, asked them, “Does this offend you?

62. Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?

63. The Spirit is the One who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.