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"14Your fathersate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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"This is the bread which 15comesdown out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and 16not die.
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"17I am the livingbread that 18camedown out of heaven; ifanyoneeats of thisbread, 19he will liveforever; and the breadalsowhich I will give20for the life of the world is 21My flesh."
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22Then the Jews23began to argue with oneanother, saying, "Howcanthismangive us His flesh to eat?"
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SoJesussaid to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless* you eat the flesh of 24the Son of Man and drink His blood, you havenolife in yourselves.
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"He who eats My flesh and drinks My bloodhaseternallife, and I will 25raise him up on the lastday.
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"For My flesh is truefood, and My blood is truedrink.
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"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood26abides in Me, and I in him.
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"As the 27livingFather28sent Me, and I livebecause of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will livebecause of Me.
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"This is the breadwhich29camedown out of heaven; not as 30the fathersate and died; he who eatsthisbread31will liveforever."