John 6:53-63

53 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.

54 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 real food and my blood is real drink.

56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.

57 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 that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?

62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!

63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit^[a] and life.

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 26:26
• 2. S Matthew 8:20
• 3. Matthew 26:28
• 4. ver 39
• 5. John 15:4-7; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:15
• 6. S John 3:17
• 7. ver 49-51; John 3:36; John 5:24
• 8. ver 66
• 9. ver 52
• 10. Matthew 13:57; Matthew 11:6
• 11. S Matthew 8:20
• 12. S Mark 16:19; S John 3:13; John 17:5
• 13. 2 Corinthians 3:6

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "are Spirit" ; or "are spirit"