John 6:41-71 ▼

41 Then the Jews murmured against him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how then saith this man, That I came down from heaven?

43 Jesus answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves.

44 No man can come to me, except the Father who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

45 It is written in the prophets, And ?they shall all be taught of God.? Every one therefore who heareth from the Father, and learneth, cometh to me.

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, except he that is with God, he hath seen the Father.

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

48 I am the bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and they are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that any person may eat of it, and never die.

51 I am the bread that giveth life, which came down from heaven: if any person eat of this bread, he shall live to eternity; and the bread indeed which I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

52 Then the Jews contended with each other, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

53 Jesus therefore said to them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in yourselves.

54 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath life eternal: and I will raise him up at the last day.

55 For my flesh truly is meat, and my blood truly is drink.

56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him.

57 As the life-giving Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father; so he that eateth me, the same shall live by me.

58 This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as the manna your fathers did eat, and died: he that eateth this bread shall live to eternity.

59 These things he spake in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

60 Many therefore of his disciples, who heard him, said, Difficult is this discourse, who is able to fathom it?

61 Then Jesus, conscious in himself that his disciples murmured concerning this discourse, said unto them, Doth this stumble you?

62 What then if ye see the Son of man ascending where he was formerly?

63 The Spirit is the life-giving power; the flesh contributeth nothing: the declarations which I make to you, they are spirit, and they are life.

64 But there are some of you who do not believe. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who the person was that should betray him.

65 And he said, Therefore have I informed you, That no man can come to me, except it be given him of my Father.

66 From that discourse many of his disciples went away back, and no more followed him about.

67 Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will ye also go away?

68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, unto whom shall we go from thee? thou hast the words of eternal life.

69 And we have believed and known that thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.

70 Jesus answered them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

71 Now he spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: for this man was ready to betray him, though he was one of the twelve.