45. “It has been written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by יהוה.’ Everyone, then, who has heard from the Father, and learned, comes to Me.
46. “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except He who is from Elohim – He has seen the Father.
47. “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me possesses everlasting life.
48. “I am the bread of life.
49. “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.
50. “This is the bread which comes down out of the heaven, so that anyone might eat of it, and not die.
51. “I am the living bread which came down out of the heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever. And indeed, the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”
52. The Yehuḏim, therefore, were striving with one another, saying, “How is this One able to give us His flesh to eat?”
53. יהושע therefore said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Aḏam and drink His blood, you possess no life in yourselves.
54. “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood possesses everlasting life, and I shall raise him up in the last day.
55. “For My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink.
56. “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood stays in Me, and I in him.
57. “As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me shall live because of Me.