41. Some people began to complain about Jesus because he said, “I am the bread that comes down from heaven.”
42. They said, “This is Jesus, the son of Joseph. We know his father and mother. 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 that person up on the last day.
45. It is written in the prophets, ‘They will all be taught by God.’ 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, whoever 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. Anyone who eats this bread will never die.
51. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give up so that the world may have life.”
52. Then the evil people began to argue among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53. Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, you must eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood. Otherwise, you won’t have real life in you.