John 6:41-71

Words to the Jews

41 ¹Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that ²came down out of heaven."

42 They were saying, "³Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother ⁴we know? How does He now say, '⁵I have come down out of heaven '?"

43 Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves.

44 "No one can come to Me unless * the Father who sent Me ⁶draws him; and I will ⁷raise him up on the last day.

45 "It is written ⁸in the prophets, '⁹AND THEY SHALL ALL BE ¹⁰TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.

46 "¹¹Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.

47 "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes ¹²has eternal life.

48 "¹³I am the bread of life.

49 "¹⁴Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.

50 "This is the bread which ¹⁵comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and ¹⁶not die.

51 "¹⁷I am the living bread that ¹⁸came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, ¹⁹he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give ²⁰for the life of the world is ²¹My flesh."

52 ²²Then the Jews ²³began 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 ²⁴the 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 ²⁵raise 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 ²⁶abides in Me, and I in him.

57 "As the ²⁷living Father ²⁸sent 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 ²⁹came down out of heaven; not as ³⁰the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ³¹will live forever."

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said ³²in the synagogue as He taught ³³in Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His ³⁴disciples, when they heard this said, "³⁵This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

61 But Jesus, ³⁶conscious * * that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this ³⁷cause you to stumble?

62 "What then if you see ³⁸the Son of Man ³⁹ascending to where He was before?

63 "⁴⁰It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ⁴¹the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

64 "But there are ⁴²some of you who do not believe." For Jesus ⁴³knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ⁴⁴who it was that would betray Him.

65 And He was saying, "For this reason I have ⁴⁵said to you, that no one can come to Me unless * ⁴⁶it has been granted him from the Father."

Peter's Confession of Faith

66 As a result of this many of His ⁴⁷disciples ⁴⁸withdrew * and were not walking with Him anymore.

67 So Jesus said to ⁴⁹the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?"

68 ⁵⁰Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have ⁵¹words of eternal life.

69 "We have believed and have come to know that You are ⁵²the Holy One of God."

70 Jesus answered them, "⁵³Did I Myself not choose you, ⁵⁴the twelve, and yet one of you is ⁵⁵a devil?"

71 Now He meant Judas ⁵⁶the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, ⁵⁷one of ⁵⁸the twelve, was going to betray Him.

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Cross References 58

1. John 1:19; John 6:52
2. John 6:33, 51, 58
3. Luke 4:22
4. John 7:27
5. John 6:38, 62
6. Jeremiah 31:3; Hosea 11:4; John 6:65; John 12:32
7. John 6:39
8. Acts 7:42; Acts 13:40; Hebrews 8:11
9. Isaiah 54:13; Jeremiah 31:34
10. Philippians 3:15; 1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 John 2:27
11. John 1:18
12. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:51, 58; John 11:26
13. John 6:35, 51
14. John 6:31, 58
15. John 6:33
16. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51, 58; John 11:26
17. John 6:35, 48
18. John 6:41, 58
19. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 58; John 11:26
20. John 1:29; John 3:14; Hebrews 10:10; 1 John 4:10
21. John 6:53-56
22. John 1:19; John 6:41
23. John 9:16; John 10:19
24. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 62
25. John 6:39
26. John 15:4; John 17:23; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:15
27. Matthew 16:16; John 5:26
28. John 3:17; John 6:29, 38
29. John 6:33, 41, 51
30. John 6:31, 49
31. John 3:36; John 5:24; John 6:47, 51; John 11:26
32. Matthew 4:23
33. John 6:24
34. John 2:2; John 6:66; John 7:3
35. John 6:52
36. John 6:64
37. Matthew 11:6
38. Matthew 8:20; John 6:27, 53
39. Mark 16:19; John 3:13
40. 2 Corinthians 3:6
41. John 6:68
42. John 6:60, 66
43. John 2:25
44. Matthew 10:4; John 6:71; John 13:11
45. John 6:37, 44
46. Matthew 13:11; John 3:27
47. John 2:2; John 7:3
48. John 6:60, 64
49. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:70; John 20:24
50. Matthew 16:16
51. John 6:63; John 12:49; John 17:8
52. Mark 1:24; Mark 8:29; Luke 9:20
53. John 15:16, 19
54. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:71; John 20:24
55. John 8:44; John 13:2, 27; John 17:12
56. John 12:4; John 13:2, 26
57. Mark 14:10
58. Matthew 10:2; John 2:2; John 6:70; John 20:24

Footnotes 2

[a]. Or "hand Him over"
[b]. Or "was intending to"