King James Bible, Gospel of St. John:
26 Jesus answered them and said, Verily,
verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but
because
ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 27 Labor not for the meat which perishes, but
for that meat which endures unto everlasting life, which
the Son of man shall give unto you: for him has God the Father sealed. 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we
do, that we might work the
works of God?
29 Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work
of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
30 They said
therefore unto him, What sign show thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
31 Our fathers
did eat manna in the desert; Ex. 16.4, 15 as it is written, He gave them bread
from heaven to eat. Ps. 78.24
32 Then
Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that
bread from heaven; but my Father gives
you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down
from heaven, and gives life unto the world.
34 Then
said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life:
he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall
never thirst.
36 But I said
unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. 37 All that the Father
gives me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me
I will in no wise cast out.
38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own
will, but the will of him that sent me. 39 And this is the Father's will which
hath sent me,
that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it
up again at the last day. 40And this is the will of him that sent me, that
every one which sees the Son, and
believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the
last day.
41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he
said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42 And
they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose
father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto
them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44 No
man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will
raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And
they shall be all taught of God. [Is. 54.13] Every man therefore that hath heard,
and hath learned of the Father, comes unto me. 46 Not that any man hath
seen the Father, save he
which is of God, he hath seen the Father.47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He
that believes on me hath everlasting life.
48
I am that bread of life. 49 Your
fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which cometh down from
heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down
from heaven:
if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for
ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for
the life of the world.
52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can
this man give us his flesh to eat?
53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily,
I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood,
ye have no life in you.
54 Whoso eateth
my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;
and I will raise him up at the last day.55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood
is
drink indeed. 56
so he that eats me, even
he shall live by me.
58 This is that bread
which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead:
he that eats of this bread shall live for ever.
59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught
in Caper'na-um.60 Many therefore of his
disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard
saying; who can hear
it?
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples
murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What if ye shall
see the Son of man ascend
up where he was before?
63 It is the Spirit that quickens [gives life]; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they
are spirit, and they are life.
64 But
there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who
they were that believed not, and who should betray him.