John 6:54-64

54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will ¹raise 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 ²abides in Me, and I in him.

57 "As the ³living Father ⁴sent 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 ⁵came down out of heaven; not as ⁶the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread ⁷will live forever."

Words to the Disciples

59 These things He said ⁸in the synagogue as He taught ⁹in Capernaum.

60 Therefore many of His ¹⁰disciples, when they heard this said, "¹¹This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?"

61 But Jesus, ¹²conscious * * that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this ¹³cause you to stumble?

62 "What then if you see ¹⁴the Son of Man ¹⁵ascending to where He was before?

63 "¹⁶It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; ¹⁷the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

64 "But there are ¹⁸some of you who do not believe." For Jesus ¹⁹knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and ²⁰who it was that would betray Him.

Cross References

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

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "hand Him over"