³⁵ And Jesus said to them, ^(A)“I am the bread of life. ^(B)He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never ^(C)thirst.

Rejected by His Own

⁴¹ The Jews then ^[a]complained about Him, because He said, “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”

^48 (A)I am the bread of life.

^50 (A)This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.

⁵¹ I am the living bread ^(A)which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and ^(B)the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

⁵³ Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless ^(A)you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. ^54 (B)Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For My flesh is ^[a]food indeed, and My blood is ^[b]drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ^(C)abides in Me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. ^58 (D)This is the bread which came down from heaven—not ^(E)as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”