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I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh."
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The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
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So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you;
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he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
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For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
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He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
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As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats me will live because of me.
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This is the bread which came down from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live for ever."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version)
