John 6:50-64

50 "This is the bread which ¹comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and ²not die.

51 "³I am the living bread that ⁴came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ⁵he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give ⁶for the life of the world is ⁷My flesh."

52 ⁸Then the Jews ⁹began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?"

53 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless * you eat the flesh of ¹⁰the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.

54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ¹¹raise him up on the last day.

55 "For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.

56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood ¹²abides in Me, and I in him.

57 "As the ¹³living Father ¹⁴sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

58 "This is the bread which ¹⁵came down out of heaven; not as ¹⁶the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ¹⁷will live forever."

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said ¹⁸in the synagogue as He taught ¹⁹in Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His ²⁰disciples, when they heard this said, "²¹This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

61 But Jesus, ²²conscious * * that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this ²³cause you to stumble?

62 "What then if you see ²⁴the Son of Man ²⁵ascending to where He was before?

63 "²⁶It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ²⁷the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

64 "But there are ²⁸some of you who do not believe." For Jesus ²⁹knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ³⁰who it was that would betray Him.

Cross References

• 1. John 6:33
• 2. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51, 58; John 11:26
• 3. John 6:35, 48
• 4. John 6:41, 58
• 5. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 58; John 11:26
• 6. John 1:29; John 3:14; Hebrews 10:10; 1 John 4:10
• 7. John 6:53-56
• 8. John 1:19; John 6:41
• 9. John 9:16; John 10:19
• 10. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 62
• 11. John 6:39
• 12. John 15:4; John 17:23; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:15
• 13. Matthew 16:16; John 5:26
• 14. John 3:17; John 6:29, 38
• 15. John 6:33, 41, 51
• 16. John 6:31, 49
• 17. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51; John 11:26
• 18. Matthew 4:23
• 19. John 6:24
• 20. John 2:2; John 6:66; John 7:3
• 21. John 6:52
• 22. John 6:64
• 23. Matthew 11:6
• 24. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 53
• 25. Mark 16:19; John 3:13
• 26. 2 Corinthians 3:6
• 27. John 6:68
• 28. John 6:60, 66
• 29. John 2:25
• 30. Matthew 10:4; John 6:71; John 13:11

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "hand Him over"