John 6:53-69

English Standard Version

⁵³ So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of ^(A)the Son of Man and drink his blood, you ^(B)have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(C)has eternal life, and ^(D)I will raise him up on the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood ^(E)abides in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As ^(F)the living Father ^(G)sent me, and ^(H)I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. ^58 (I)This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread^[a] the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” ⁵⁹ Jesus^[b] said these things in the synagogue, as he taught ^(J)at Capernaum.

The Words of Eternal Life

^60 (K)When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” ⁶¹ But Jesus, ^(L)knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? ⁶² Then what if you were to see ^(M)the Son of Man ^(N)ascending to ^(O)where he was before? ^63 (P)It is the Spirit who gives life; ^(Q)the flesh is no help at all. ^(R)The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴ But ^(S)there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus ^(T)knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and ^(U)who it was who would betray him.) ⁶⁵ And he said, “This is why I told you ^(V)that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

^66 (W)After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. ⁶⁷ So Jesus said to ^(X)the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” ⁶⁸ Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ^(Y)the words of eternal life, ⁶⁹ and ^(Z)we have believed, and have come to know, that ^(AA)you are ^(AB)the Holy One of God.”