40. Everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life. I will raise him up on the last day. This is what my Father wants.”
41. The Jews began to complain about Jesus. They complained because he said, “I am the bread that comes down from heaven.”
42. The Jews said, “This is Jesus. We know his father and mother. He is only Joseph’s son. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
43. But Jesus answered, “Stop complaining to each other.
44. The Father is the One who sent me. No one can come to me unless the Father draws him to me. And I will raise him up on the last day.
45. It is written in the prophets, ‘God will teach all the people.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.
46. No one has seen the Father except the One who is from God. Only he has seen the Father.
47. I tell you the truth. He who believes has eternal life.
48. I am the bread that gives life.
49. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert. But still they died.
50. Here is the bread that comes down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will never die.
51. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh. I will give my flesh so that the people in the world may have life.”