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48 I am the bread of life.
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I am the bread of life.
49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.
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But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.
51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."
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I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
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Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “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 the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you;
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Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
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