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54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
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Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
55 "For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink.
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For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
56 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
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Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.
57 "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.
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Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
58 "This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever."
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This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
59 These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum.
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He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"
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On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
61 But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?
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Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?
62 "What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?
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Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!
63 "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.
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The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.
64 "But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him.
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Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.
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