John 6:51–61 · BSB
6:51
I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
6:52
At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
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6:53
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
6:54
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
6:55
For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
6:56
Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
6:57
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.
6:58
This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
6:59
Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
6:60
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
6:61
Aware that His disciples were grumbling about this teaching, Jesus asked them, “Does this offend you?
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