50. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven. A person can eat it and not die.
51. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Everyone who eats some of this bread will live forever. The bread is my body. I will give it for the life of the world."
52. Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves. They said, "How can this man give us his body to eat?"
53. Jesus said to them, "What I'm about to tell you is true. You must eat the Son of Man's body and drink his blood. If you don't, you have no life in you.
54. Anyone who eats my body and drinks my blood has eternal life. I will raise him up on the last day.
55. "My body is real food. My blood is real drink.
56. Anyone who eats my body and drinks my blood remains in me. And I remain in him.
57. "The living Father sent me, and I live because of him. In the same way, those who feed on me will live because of me.
58. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Long ago your people ate manna and died. But those who feed on this bread will live forever."
59. He said this while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
60. Jesus' disciples heard this. Many of them said, "This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?"
61. Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about his teaching. So he said to them, "Does this upset you?
62. What if you see the Son of Man go up to where he was before?
63. The Holy Spirit gives life. The body means nothing at all. The words I have spoken to you are from the Spirit. They give life.