41. The Jews then murmured of him because he said, I AM the bread which descended from the heaven.
42. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How is it then that he says, I descended from heaven?
43. Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44. No one can come to me unless the Father who has sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
45. It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every man therefore that has heard from the Father and has learned comes unto me.
46. Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is of God, he has seen the Father.
47. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believes in me has eternal life.
48. I AM the bread of life.
49. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness and are dead.
50. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.
51. I AM the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, they shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52. The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How is he able to give us his flesh to eat?
53. Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Unless ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye shall have no life in you.
54. Whosoever 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 food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56. He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
57. As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father, so he that eats me, he shall also live by me.
58. This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate manna and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall live eternally.