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Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.
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So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you.
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But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day.
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For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
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Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.
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I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.
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I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”
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He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
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Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”
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Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you?
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Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again?